This week, we learned about inclusive education from the BCEd Assess. Tracy Humphreys is very knowledgeable, and she clearly explained the struggles that many parents experience with the school systems. I appreciate Tracy sharing her personal stories about her children and herself.

This is my favorite quote from Tracy Humphreys

We champion and support children and youth who have disabilities and who are complex learners to reach their full potential in BC education, and in all aspects of their lives. This is achieved through supporting families, sharing information, providing education to families, allies, professionals and students, providing community engagement and awareness, and other activities to promote equitable access to education and inclusion for all.

BCEd Access Society

I personally have a lot of experience working with children with special needs as I used to work as an educational assistant, behavioural interventionist, support worker, and inclusion camp leader. Therefore, I was trained to use ACC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) and visual schedule. I found this workshop from Tracy to be very helpful because not everyone in the PDP program has experience with ACC technologies. I’m so happy to hear that many people from the cohort value this experience. As a future teacher, it’s extremely important to be open-minded, and I’m super grateful that everyone in this program is willing to learn new things!!

One of the most important things from this workshop is that technology is essential for many students, especially students with special needs. These assistive technologies ensure that all students can get access to their learning. For example, students can use text to speech and images in communication to express their ideas. In addition, students who are English language learners can use Google Translate to help with their learning materials, and the subtitle can be very helpful to many students in the classroom!

The Universal Design for Learning will help everyone!!