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Back to School : Prevalence of Students with Disabilities and Learning Exceptionalities in British Columbia, Canada, during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2019 – 2022)

University of British Columbia. Supporting Progressive Inclusive Child-centered Education (SPICE)

Starting in March, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions in the delivery of education for students with disabilities and learning exceptionalities (also known as BC Ministry of Education inclusive education ‘designations’) in British Columbia (BC), Canada. With public and independent (private) students grouped together (province total): • Anecdotally, many parents considered ‘pulling’ their children from in-person learning during the 2020/2021 school year. However, this does not appear to have occurred in large numbers, as the provincial number of students with disabilities and learning exceptionalities (designations) actually increased (+1073) between the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 school years. • The increase in students with designations between 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 was higher than in a typical (pre-pandemic) year (+4482). • The three designations with the greatest increases between 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 were Autism Spectrum Disorder (+3950), Learning Disabilities (+1053), and Moderate Behaviour Support/Mental Illness (+819). • The three designations with the greatest decreases between 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 were Intensive Behaviour/Serious Mental Health (-255), Moderate to Profound Intellectual Disability (-155), and Gifted (-67).

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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0421811

Applied Science, Faculty of; Nursing, School of

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