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APSEA is committed to supporting the inclusive educational environments across Atlantic Canada by ensuring responsive teaching and learning guides the education of learners who are blind or visually impaired and/or Deaf or hard of hearing through equitable, accessible, culturally and linguistically responsive, appropriate and collaborative learning opportunities.
Mission
APSEA, in collaboration with our partners, provides culturally and linguistically responsive, inclusive, equitable, and accessible educational services and supports to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired and/or Deaf or hard of hearing and their families.
Vision
The children and youth that we support reach their highest potential for an independent, self- sufficient, and fulfilling life.
Guiding Principles
APSEA is child-focused, family-centered, research-based, collaborative, and inclusive.
SCOPE
The Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA) is an interprovincial co-operative agency established in 1975 by joint agreement among the Ministers of Education of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
The Agreement provided for the creation of the Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority and authorized it to provide educational services, programs, and opportunities for persons from birth to 21 years of age with low incidence sensory impairments. This includes children and youth who are Deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, blind, or visually impaired who are residents of Atlantic Canada.
The Agreement is the only one of its kind in Canada and, as such, may serve as a model for service delivery at a regional level. Operational costs are shared among the four provinces.