The document outlines the legal frameworks and provincial programs in Canada that support special education for children with disabilities. Key laws include the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the CRPD, and the IDEA, which collectively ensure civil rights and access to education. Various provinces offer financial support and specialized services tailored to the needs of children with disabilities.

1. C A N A D A ; A N
O U T L O O K T O
S P E C I A L
E D U C A T I O N
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2. The legal
Foundations
CONTENT
Provincial
programmes and
Their Benefits in
Canada

3. The legal
Foundations
The CANADIAN CHARTER OF
RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
(1982), an anti-discrimination
bill, ensures Canadian province
has policies in place that ensure
that the civil rights of individual
with disabilities are protected.

4. The legal
Foundations
Article 24 of the Convention
on the Rights of Person with
Disabilities (CRPD), prohibits
discrimination against’
children with disabilities and
mandates the right to
inclusive education.

5. The legal
Foundations
The Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) is a piece of American legislation
that ensures students with a disability are
provided with a Free Appropriate Public
Education (FAPE) that is tailored to their
individual needs.
the goal of IDEA is to provide children
with disabilities the same opportunity for
education as those students who do not
have a disability

6. ONTARIO
“Assistance for Children with Severe
Disabilities Programme” provides
parents with C$470 per month to help
them pay the costs related to essential
equipment and services for their child’s
child’s needs.
Provincial Programmes and Their
Benefits in Canada

7. BRITISH COLUMBIA
Ministry of Children and Family
Development (MCFD)
Respite care, including family
support, parental support, child and
youth worker assistance, behavioral
programmes, rehabilitative care, early
childhood treatments, are provided.
Provincial Programes and Their
Benefits in Canada

8. ALBERTA
financial support for the services
like respite, rehabilitative care,
counseling, home, and medical
assistance is given by the Family
Support for Children with Disabilities
(FSCD).
Provincial Programmes and Their
Benefits in Canada

9. NOVA SCOTIA
Supported Child Care for Children with
Special Needs. With these programmes, full
and part-time childcare centers are
provided with financial support to present
specific programmes and care to children
with special needs to help them get the
individualized plan they need.
Provincial Programmes and Their
Benefits in Canada

10. QUEBEC
special needs education allowance to
parents with special needs’ children.
the program is designed to enable the child to
receive the material resources needed at home
to continue his or her learning so that it helps
to remove the limitations of doing certain tasks
at home for children with special needs.
Provincial Programmes and Their
Benefits in Canada

11. Universal Benefits
Child Disability Benefits also provides
tax-free financial support to parents of
children with severe disabilities who are
younger than 18 years of age.
Provincial Programmes and Their
Benefits in Canada

12. A “severe permanent disability” is any
impairment, including a physical, mental,
intellectual, cognitive, learning,
communication, or sensory impairment-
or a functional limitation- that:
• prevents you from participating in
substantially gainful employment;
and
• will remain with you for life.
Eligibility

13. Provincial Programmes and
Their Benefits in Canada
Students with special needs are
entitled to an Individualized
Education Program (IEP)
IEP spells out a child's
learning needs, services the
school will provide, and how
progress will be measured.

14. How many Special
education schools are
there in Canada?
There are total of 474
Special education schools
in Canada as of January
09, 2024.

15. References:
https://www.legalserviceslink.com/blog/the-legal-safeguards-for-students-with-special-needs-in-
canada/#:~:text=The%20Duty%20to%20Accommodate,equal%20opportunity%20to%20access%20education.
https://www.ourkids.net/school/special-needs-schools-features
https://ilcac.org/individualized-education-
program/#:~:text=Individuals%20with%20Disabilities%20Education%20Act,as%20defined%20by%20federal%20regulations.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuals_with_Disabilities_Education_Act
https://otsimo.com/en/special-education-insurance-
canada/#:~:text=Children%20with%20special%20needs%20are,a%20programme%20for%20special%20education.

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