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APSEA provides educational services, programs, and opportunities for learners who are Deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, blind, or visually impaired. Atlantic provincial inclusive education policies must be considered and reflected in the programs and services APSEA provides for learners and their families.
Each Atlantic Province provides inclusive public education by:
- recognizing every student can learn,
- sustaining inclusive common learning environments where accessible learning opportunities support learner engagement among age-appropriate peers in their community schools,
- creating learning environments that respect learner and staff diversity where they feel safe, accepted, and valued,
- providing a continuum of supports and services that promote learners’ physical, social- emotional, and behavioural well-being, and achievement.
APSEA’s role is to collaborate with districts, regions and boards, school-based teams, and families to support these values and overall policy directives. This document has been developed based upon the inclusive education policies, tiered systems of support guidelines, and program planning standards outlined by Departments of Education and Early Childhood Development/Lifelong Learning of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
The purpose of this document is to outline the Responsive Teaching and Learning model of service delivery for APSEA teams that provide a framework of support and programs within the inclusive education systems across the Atlantic Provinces. This document outlines this model for the school-aged learners, families, and teams.
A similar guidelines document outlines the Responsive Teaching and Learning model of service delivery for APSEA teams that provide a framework of support and programs to birth to age five learners and their families.