What is inclusive education?
Inclusive education means ensuring that all students have equitable access to learning and achievement, but also that all students are welcomed, valued and supported in the public school system. Inclusion means fully engaging and supporting students with developmental disabilities to participate in a holistic learning environment with their non-disabled peers. Inclusion involves more than the physical placement of a student in a regular classroom. It is a set of practices that promote participation, friendship and interaction. Inclusion is about membership and belonging to community.
Neighbourhood schools are the heart of our communities, and BCACL believes they are essential for a quality inclusive education system. Therefore we believe it is important to support a public education system in B.C. We believe that all students have a right to be welcomed and appropriately supported in their neighbourhood school.