41st Parliament – 2019
Parliamentary Committee Proceedings
Children and Youth Committee

SUBJECT-SPEAKER INDEX
speeches by Members, committee staff and witnesses; topics raised
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

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Aboriginal friendship centres See Friendship centres under First Nations and Indigenous persons
ACES See Adverse childhood experiences under Children and youth
Adams, Shawna

Presentation to committee 26:1515-1530
As subject
experience as parent of special needs children 26:1515-1530 (Leonard) 26:1530
Autism spectrum disorder, services 26:1515-1525
Disabled persons, developmentally disabled persons, STADD program and navigators 26:1525
Income assistance disability benefits, PWD application process 26:1520-1530
Queen Alexandra Centre for Children's Health, autism early intervention program 26:1515-1520
Special needs children and youth
services, transition to adult services 26:1520-1530
services, transition to school system supports 26:1520
supports for families 26:1520-1525
ADHD See Neurodiverse disorders under Special needs children and youth
Adlam, Catherine

Presentation to committee 27:1445-1455
As subject
experience as grandparent of special needs children 27:1445-1455
Education, special education and special needs 27:1450-1455
Special needs children and youth
caregivers and issues 27:1445-1455
custody issues 27:1450-1455
diagnosis and assessment, access and wait-lists 27:1445
respite benefits 27:1455
therapies 27:1445
Sports and recreation, accessible playgrounds 27:1450-1455
Adoption See also Foster care

Adoption agencies and agency placement model (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1025 (Markwart, A.) 33:1025 (Throness) 33:1025
Adoption of children in government care (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1010-1020 (Koral, S.) 26:1510 (Markwart, A.) 33:1045 (Ross) 33:1035-1040 (Throness) 33:1040-1045 (Wegner-Lohin, J.) 33:1040-1045
Adoption of children in government care, adoption breakdowns (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1040
Adoption of children in government care, post-adoption support (Bell, L.) 27:1425 (Elliot, C.) 25:1150
Indigenous adoptive families (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1050 (Hughes, L.) 33:1055 (Ross) 33:1050-1055 (Simons) 33:1050-1055 (Wegner-Lohin, J.) 33:1050
International adoptions (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1025 (Markwart, A.) 33:1025
Adoption and Permancy Options Update 2019 See Reports, adoption and permanency options update under Representative for Children and Youth
Advocate for service quality

Briefing to committee on services for special needs children and youth (Dospital, L.) 19:0800-0835
Budget and caseload (Dospital, L.) 19:0830-0835 (Leonard) 19:0830-0835
Role and services (Dospital, L.) 19:0800-0805, 19:0820-0835 (Simons) 19:0820, 19:0830-0835, 26:1530 (Wat) 19:0825-0830
Aguilera, Tammy

Presentation to committee on behalf of Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Society 25:1035-1055
Education, special education and special needs 25:1045
First Nations and Indigenous persons, friendship centres, funding 25:1050-1055
Physicians, pediatricians, access and supply 25:1045
Special needs children and youth
neurodiverse disorders and role of trauma 25:1040
poverty issues 25:1040
service providers, cultural competency and trauma-informed care 25:1040-1045
services for Indigenous children and youth 25:1040-1055
services, transition to school system supports 25:1045
supports for families 25:1045
Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Society
funding 25:1050-1055
operations and services 25:1040
recommendations to committee 25:1045-1050
AIS BC See Autism Information Services British Columbia
Alberta

Child protection system, role in youth death case and review (Campbell, D.) 33:1140 (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1110-1120, 33:1135 (Hyman, C.) 33:1140 (Simons) 33:1120
Secure care for youth with mental health and addiction issues (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1135 (Simons) 33:1135
Services for special needs children and youth (Sandborn, K.) 26:1340
Alone and Afraid: Lessons Learned from the Ordeal of a Child with Special Needs and His Family See Reports, case of special needs child under Representative for Children and Youth
Ambler, Lizzy

Presentation to committee on behalf of Vancouver Coastal Health Authority 27:1555-1600
Mental health of children and youth, issues and services 27:1555-1600
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment 27:1600
supports for families 27:1600
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, mental health services for children and youth 27:1555-1600
Androsoff, Laranna

Presentation to committee 24:1705-1715
As subject
experience as parent of special needs child 24:1705-1715
Children and Youth Committee, project on services for special needs children and youth 24:1715
Children and youth, early childhood development, supported child development program 24:1710
Disabled persons, intellectually disabled children, At Home program 24:1710-1715
Kootenay area, occupational and physical therapists 24:1705
Social workers, children-and-youth-with-special-needs social workers 24:1710
Special needs children and youth
respite benefits 24:1710
services
early intervention 24:1705-1715
Indigenous children and youth 24:1705-1710
services and eligibility 24:1715
transition to school system supports 24:1715
ARC Programs See also Cuell, Emma; Robinson, Julie

Presentation to committee 24:1625-1645
Arril, Jennifer

Children and Youth Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 16:0825
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry, ministry attendance at committee meetings 22:1540
reports, annual report 22:1535-1540
Simons, Nicholas
election as Chair of Children and Youth Committee 16:0825
Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Maple Ridge, B.C.

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessment services (Dospital, L.) 19:0810
ASD See Autism spectrum disorder
Aspies on Mars See also Sonntag, Tristan

Presentation to committee 26:1445-1455
Aspies on Mars podcast (Simons) 26:1455 (Sonntag, T.) 26:1450-1455 (Stilwell) 26:1450
Name of group (Sonntag, T.) 26:1455 (Throness) 26:1455
At Home program See Intellectually disabled children, services under Disabled persons
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) See Neurodiverse disorders under Special needs children and youth
Atwell, Melanie

Presentation to committee 25:1130-1145
As subject
experience as parent of special needs child and work with developmentally disabled 25:1130-1145 (Glumac) 25:1140 (Simons) 25:1140 (Singh) 25:1140
Education
special education and special needs 25:1130-1145
special education and special needs, service levels and education assistants 25:1135, 25:1145
Special needs children and youth
services, early intervention 25:1130-1140
services, transition to school system supports 25:1140
Autism Information Services British Columbia

Role and services (Smith, D.) 17:0820, 17:0835
Autism Okanagan See also Vrecko, Tracey

Presentation to committee 23:1225-1235
Funding (Throness) 23:1235 (Vrecko, T.) 23:1235 (Wat) 23:1235
Work of organization (Leonard) 23:1235 (Simons) 23:1230 (Vrecko, T.) 23:1225-1235
Autism spectrum disorder

Autistic LGBTQ persons (Sonntag, T.) 26:1450
Autistic women and girls (Roemer, J.) 21:1000 (Wry, D.) 21:1015
Autistic women and people of colour (Ly, V.) 21:0925, 21:0940
Diagnosis and assessment
adult assessments (Ly, V.) 21:0925
assessment services (Cameron, D.) 18:0855-0900 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0855-0905
diagnosis and assessment (Braun, C.) 23:1220 (Callis, H.) 20:1430 (Cameron, D.) 18:0900-0905 (Currie, H.) 26:1140 (Delorme, F.) 20:1430 (Glumac) 21:1010 (Graham, J.) 22:1645-1650 (Leonard) 18:0905, 20:1425, 22:1645-1650, 23:1235, 26:1140 (Ly, V.) 21:0930-0940 (McCrea, J.) 18:0930-0940 (McKay, J.) 22:1610 (Massey, C.) 17:0845 (Offley, L.) 27:1400-1405 (Price, K.) 26:0930 (Roemer, J.) 21:1005-1010 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1120 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0955 (Shade, V.) 25:1030 (Singh) 18:0900-0905 (Stanton, J.) 26:1010-1015 (Throness) 20:1430, 21:0940, 21:0955 (Vrecko, T.) 23:1235 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0830 (Wry, D.) 21:1015
gender differences (Roemer, J.) 21:1000 (Simons) 21:1030 (Wry, D.) 21:1030
private assessments (Currie, H.) 26:1135-1140 (Massey, C.) 17:0835 (Smith, D.) 17:0835-0840 (Stilwell) 17:0835-0840 (Throness) 18:0855, 26:1140
wait times and impact (Glumac) 23:1010 (Gordon, J.) 23:1000-1005
Incidence (McCrea, J.) 18:0930-0940 (Massey, C.) 17:0845 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1130 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0830
Services
eligibility for services See also Services and eligibility under Special needs children and youth
(Brown, D.) 27:1415 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0910 (Currie, H.) 26:1140 (Howe, S.) 26:1040-1045 (Ly, V.) 21:0930-0935 (McCrea, J.) 18:0925 (Macrae, S.) 18:1010, 18:1025-1030 (Smith, D.) 17:0815-0825 (Stilwell) 18:0845 (Throness) 26:1140 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0830-0835, 18:0845
funding model (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0910, 17:0925 (Glumac) 23:1010 (Gordon, J.) 23:1010 (McKay, J.) 22:1620 (Newby, J.) 27:1515 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1125 (Simons) 22:1620, 23:1010 (Smith, D.) 17:0820 (Stanton, J.) 26:1020
registry of autism service providers (Smith, D.) 17:0820
services (Adams, S.) 26:1515-1525 (Graham, J.) 22:1645-1650 (Harrison, G.) 24:1650 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1120 (Stanton, J.) 26:1010-1020 (Vrecko, T.) 23:1225-1235
services and autism funding program (Millner, T.) 21:0905-0910
services and funding (Zimmel, N.) 26:1435-1445
services and supports (Sonntag, T.) 26:1445-1455 (Stilwell) 26:1455
transition to adult services (Smith, D.) 17:0820-0825
transition to school system supports (Graham, J.) 22:1645 (McCrea, J.) 18:0945 (McKay, J.) 22:1615 (Smith, D.) 17:0820
wait-lists and waiting times (Price, K.) 26:0940 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0945
youth with self-harming and violent behaviours (Leonard) 26:1400 (Pollard, M.) 26:1350-1405
Therapies (Crawford, N.) 26:1115-1120 (Leonard) 21:0935-0940 (Ly, V.) 21:0935-0940
Autistics United Canada See also Ly, Vivian

Presentation to committee 21:0925-0940

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