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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Davies, Erin

Presentation to committee 25:1055-1110
As subject
experience as special education teacher and parent of special needs children 25:1055, 25:1105-1110 (Simons) 25:1110
Education, special education and special needs, inclusive education 25:1100
First Nations Schools Association initiative for autistic children 25:1105
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment 25:1100
neurodiverse disorders and role of trauma 25:1110
services 25:1055-1110
children in government care 25:1055
Indigenous children and youth 25:1105
Dawson Creek Support Group for Parents of Children with Special Needs See also Wry, DeAnna

Presentation to committee 21:1015-1030
Deafness See Ear health and hearing impairment
Delorme, Fiona

Presentation to committee on behalf of Terrace Child Development Centre 20:1410-1440
Autism spectrum disorder, diagnosis and assessment 20:1430
Children and youth, early childhood development, child development centres 20:1410-1435
Education, special education and special needs, service levels 20:1420
Health care system, health professionals and workers, recruitment 20:1435
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment 20:1430
diagnosis and assessment, access and wait-lists 20:1415
services
access in northern and rural communities 20:1410-1415
access issues and travel costs 20:1435-1440
outreach clinics 20:1415
services and eligibility 20:1410-1435
transition to adult services 20:1435
transition to school system supports 20:1420
Speech-language pathologists, services and supply 20:1430
Terrace Child Development Centre, facilities and services 20:1410-1435
Demmler, Jeanine

Presentation to committee 26:1125-1135
As subject
experience as parent of special needs children 26:1125-1135
Special needs children and youth
advocacy 26:1135
neurodiverse disorders, awareness 26:1130
services and eligibility 26:1125-1130
services, referrals 26:1130-1135
supports for families 26:1130-1135
Speech-language pathologists, services and funding 26:1130
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Classification system (Macrae, S.) 18:1015
Disabled persons

Accessibility, playgrounds See Sports and recreation
Advocacy (Dospital, L.) 19:0800-0805, 19:0820 (Simons) 19:0820
Advocate See Advocate for service quality
Community living services, eligibility See Community Living British Columbia
Developmentally disabled persons See also Intellectually disabled children below
health screening and status (Howe, S.) 26:1035-1040
health services See Health care system
STADD program (Smith, D.) 17:0825
STADD program and navigators (Adams, S.) 26:1525 (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1720 (Stilwell) 22:1720, 26:1525 (Verschoor, K.) 27:1545-1550
Disability benefits See Income assistance
Disabled children See also Special needs children and youth
education See Special education and special needs under Education
intellectually disabled children See Intellectually disabled children below
physically disabled children See Physically disabled children below
sensory impairment conditions See Special needs children and youth; Ear health and hearing impairment; Eye health and visual impairment
Employment, supports (Macrae, S.) 18:1035-1040 (Simons) 18:1040
Income assistance See Disability benefits under Income assistance
Intellectually disabled children See also Special needs children and youth
concurrent autism diagnosis (Howe, S.) 26:1040-1045
diagnosis and assessment (Ross) 17:0850 (Smith, D.) 17:0825-0830, 17:0845-0850 (Throness) 17:0845
diagnosis and needs-based assessment (Hoffman, J.) 26:1410-1415
incidence (Ross) 17:0850 (Smith, D.) 17:0845-0850 (Throness) 17:0845
services See also Community Living British Columbia
services and At Home program (Androsoff, L.) 24:1710-1715 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0905-0915 (Nash, C.) 26:1050-1055 (Salcedo, D.) 27:1335 (Smith, D.) 17:0825-0830 (Verschoor, K.) 27:1545
services and eligibility for services (Hoffman, J.) 26:1405-1415 (Smith, D.) 17:0825-0830
services and service delivery (Smith, D.) 17:0825
services and transition to adult services (Smith, D.) 17:0825-0830
Persons with disabilities (PWD) designation See Disability benefits under Income assistance
Physically disabled children
diagnosis, assessment and eligibility for services (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0815-0825
funding for services and equipment (Salcedo, D.) 27:1335-1340 (Throness) 27:1340
service tiers and teams (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0840 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0820-0825
Programs and services
programs and services (Macrae, S.) 18:1020
services to adults with developmental disabilities (STADD) program See Developmentally disabled persons above
Rights (Sonntag, T.) 26:1450
Doran, Susan

Presentation to committee 22:1625-1640
As subject
experience as parent of special needs child 22:1625-1640 (Glumac) 22:1635-1640 (Leonard) 22:1635
Children and youth, early childhood development, child development centres 22:1630
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment 22:1635-1640
services 22:1625-1640
funding and costs and benefit coverage 22:1635
transition to school system supports 22:1635
supports for families 22:1630-1635
Dospital, Leanne

Advocate for service quality
briefing to committee on services for special needs children and youth 19:0800-0835
budget and caseload 19:0830-0835
role and services 19:0800-0805, 19:0820-0835
Asante Centre for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder assessment services 19:0810
Baumbusch, Jennifer, research on services for special needs children 19:0810
BCEdAccess, survey on special needs children in education system 19:0815-0820
Community Living B.C.
caseload, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder 19:0820
eligibility criteria for services
age limits 19:0815
eligibility criteria 19:0815
guide tool 19:0810, 19:0825
facilitators, role 19:0820
services for First Nations children and youth 19:0830
Disabled persons, advocacy 19:0800-0805, 19:0820
Education, special education and special needs, service levels and children removed from system by parents 19:0815
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment 19:0805-0810, 19:0820, 19:0835
incidence 19:0805-0810, 19:0820, 19:0835
First Nations and Indigenous persons, children, policy principle 19:0815, 19:0830
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment 19:0805-0815, 19:0825, 19:0835
homeless youth 19:0810-0815
older youth without diagnosis 19:0835
reassessment 19:0815
services
complex needs 19:0815
Indigenous children and youth 19:0830
services and eligibility 19:0800-0835
transition to adult services 19:0810-0820
transition to school system supports 19:0815
supports for families
mental health of parents 19:0805
supports 19:0805-0815
Douglas, Donna

Presentation to committee 23:1050-1100
As subject
experience as child development worker and parent of autistic child 23:1050
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment 23:1050-1100
neurodiverse disorders and role of trauma 23:1050-1100
services, Indigenous children and youth 23:1055
Westbank First Nation, services for special needs children and youth 23:1050-1055
DPACs See Parent advisory councils under Education
DSM See Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

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