Provincial Resource Programs - Outreach Programs Mandate
Through collaborative partnerships, provincial outreach programs support transdisciplinary educational teams in developing, implementing, and sustaining effective and meaningful access and engagement to learning opportunities for all learners. This includes universal and responsive supports for learners with diverse abilities and disabilities across educational contexts.
Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness
The Provincial Outreach Program for Students with Deafblindness' Mandate is to provide support to school teams working with K-12 students with deafblindness in BC school districts, group 1 and group 2 independent schools, non-Independent First Nations Schools, and First Nations Independent Schools.
Our Philosophy
We believe every person who is deafblind should have access to trained Intervenors. POPDB consultants work with school districts and school-based teams to ensure that the unique needs of the student with deafblindness are being met, and that each student is receiving an appropriate educational program. The Outreach staff respects that school-based teams and parents are the experts on the individual learner they support. It is important to acknowledge the role that each person plays in the student’s life, and to appreciate their contributions. Our role is to bring our experiences with a variety of children to the team and to share our knowledge of proven strategies in the field of deafblindness. Our goal is to empower the people providing the day-to-day support to fully understand the impact that deafblindness has on their student’s ability to learn and to provide them with the most effective techniques and strategies that grow with the changing needs of the student.
POPDB is hosted by School District #38 (Richmond). All of our consultants hold BC Teaching Certificates and have received specific training in the education of individuals with deafblindness.