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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Salcedo, Diana

Presentation to committee 27:1330-1345
As subject
experience as parent of special needs child 27:1330-1345 (Throness) 27:1335
B.C. Parents of Complex Kids, report 27:1335-1340
Disabled persons
intellectually disabled children, services and At Home program 27:1335
physically disabled children, funding for services and equipment 27:1335-1340
Special needs children and youth
advocacy 27:1340-1345
caregivers and issues, capacity issues 27:1330-1340
respite benefits 27:1335
services 27:1330-1340
Sandborn, Kristen

Presentation to committee 26:1325-1340
As subject
experience as parent of special needs children 26:1325-1340 (Leonard) 26:1340
Alberta, services for special needs children and youth 26:1340
Social workers, children-and-youth-with-special-needs social workers 26:1330-1335
Special needs children and youth
caregivers, government support 26:1335
respite benefits 26:1330-1335
services and eligibility 26:1330-1340
Vancouver Island Children's Assessment Network, assessment practices 26:1330
School district 57 (Prince George) See also Nichols, Barb; Jaswal, Olivia; Ki, David; van Leeuwen, Sarah

Presentation to committee 22:1730-1745
School psychologists, recruitment and supply (Nichols, B.) 22:1735 (Throness) 22:1745 (van Leeuwen, S.) 22:1745
School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)

Special education and special needs, Indigenous students (Simons) 23:1155-1205 (Stilwell) 23:1200 (Williams, N.) 23:1150-1205
School district 82 (Coast Mountains)

Special needs services (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1350
School districts

Disparities between districts (Hansman, G.) 27:1015, 27:1025
Handling of wireless technology and concerns (Hoffmann, J.) 26:1420-1430
Schools See Education
Schroeder, Joanne

Presentation to committee on behalf of Comox Valley Child Development Association 25:1110-1130
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment 25:1120
incidence 25:1130
services and funding model 25:1120-1125
Child care system, inclusion of special needs children 25:1130
Children and youth, early childhood development
child development centres 25:1115
early intervention and school readiness 25:1115-1120
integration of services with child care 25:1130
Comox Valley Child Development Association
funding 25:1115
operations and services 25:1110-1115
recommendationst to committee 25:1120-1125
Comox Valley, services for special needs children, early intervention and wait-lists 25:1115
Mental health of children and youth 25:1125-1130
Social workers, children-and-youth-with-special-needs social workers 25:1125
Special needs children and youth
incidence 25:1125-1130
services 25:1110-1115
funding model 25:1115-1120
services and eligibility 25:1120-1130
supports for families, family advocates and family navigator program 25:1115-1125
Vancouver Island, services for special needs children and youth 25:1115
Secure care See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health
Secwepemc Child and Family Services See also Williams, Nicole

Presentation to committee 23:1140-1205
Agency operations (Simons) 23:1155 (Williams, N.) 23:1155
Caseload (Throness) 23:1200 (Williams, N.) 23:1200
Relationship with school district (Simons) 23:1155-1205 (Stilwell) 23:1200 (Williams, N.) 23:1155-1205
Services (Williams, N.) 23:1145-1205
Select standing committees

Children and Youth See Children and Youth Committee
Seltenrich, Ashley

Presentation to committee 21:0945-0955
As subject
experience as community support worker and parent of autistic child 21:0945-0955
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment 21:0955
services, wait-lists and waiting times 21:0945
Special needs children and youth, services
access issues and travel costs 21:0945-0950
early intervention 21:0950-0955
referrals 21:0945
services and eligibility 21:0955
Speech-language pathologists, services 21:0945
Services for neurodiverse special needs children See Special needs children and youth
Shade, Violet

Presentation to committee 25:1020-1035
As subject
experience as parent of special needs children 25:1030-1035 (Leonard) 25:1035 (Ross) 25:1035
Autism spectrum disorder, diagnosis and assessment 25:1030
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment, reassessment 25:1030
services for Indigenous children and youth 25:1030-1035
SHARE Family and Community Services Society See also MacLean, Claire

Presentation to committee 27:1140-1155
Work of organization (MacLean, C.) 27:1140, 27:1155 (Stilwell) 27:1150 (Throness) 27:1155
Simons, Nicholas (Powell River–Sunshine Coast)

As subject
election as Chair of Children and Youth Committee (Arril, J.) 16:0825 (Leonard) 16:0825
Adoption
Indigenous adoptive families 33:1050-1055
Advocate for service quality
role and services 19:0820, 19:0830-0835, 26:1530
Alberta
child protection system, role in youth death case and review 33:1120
secure care for youth with mental health and addiction issues 33:1135
Aspies on Mars
Aspies on Mars podcast 26:1455
Atwell, Melanie, experience as parent of special needs child 25:1140
Autism Okanagan, work of organization 23:1230
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment, gender differences 21:1030
services, funding model 22:1620, 23:1010
Blackstock, Cindy, involvement in legal case re services for Indigenous children 23:1200
Child protection system
children in government care
assault while in care and response 33:1140
transition between provinces and interprovincial protocol 33:1140, 33:1150
review of system in 2005 34:1035
trauma-informed system 33:1130
Children and Family Development Ministry
role re families with special needs children and mental health issues 27:1535
Children and Youth Committee
committee processes 34:1035
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 16:0825
establishment 34:1035
meeting schedule and workplan 34:1035
members and staff thanked 28:1625, 29:1255
membership 16:0935
project on services for special needs children and youth 27:1350, 33:1155
draft workplan 16:0825
planning 19:0845
project and deliberations for report 28:1000, 29:0935, 29:1255, 30:1005
project and public hearings 20:1340-1345, 24:1715, 27:1620, 27:1640
public hearings and presentations 21:1025-1030
written submissions 26:1155
questions to Children and Family Development Ministry 33:1120
relationship with Children and Family Development Ministry, ministry attendance at committee meetings 22:1535
report on children and youth with neurodiverse special needs 32:1500, 32:1535
reports, annual report 22:1535-1540
reports, draft report 30:1005, 31:1005, 31:1355
work of committee 33:1105
Community Living B.C.
eligibility criteria for services
guide tool 18:1040, 19:0825
employment supports and funding 18:1040
facilitators, role 19:0820
service delivery 18:1040
Crawford, Nadia, experience as parent of special needs child 26:1125
Currie, Hazel, experience as parent of special needs child 26:1145
Davies, Erin, experience as adoptive parent of special needs children 25:1110
Disabled persons
advocacy 19:0820
employment, supports 18:1040
Education
special education and special needs 23:1155-1205, 23:1220, 27:1020
assessments and access to medical information 18:0955
assessments and interministerial protocol 22:1740
designations and student information 18:0955-1000
inclusive education and exclusions 27:1025
service levels and children removed from system by parents 27:1305
students in government care 18:0955
Education funding
special education and special needs 18:1000
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
awareness 27:1050
awareness and prevention 17:0855, 23:1035-1040
incidence, services and stigma 21:1035-1040
prevention and stigma 26:1310
services and supports 23:1030, 26:1305
Finance and Government Services Committee
prebudget consultation process 26:1010
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system and children in government care
permanency options and adoption practices 33:1050-1055
children, legal case re child welfare funding and human rights 23:1200
friendship centres, funding 25:1050-1055
Foster care
foster parents of special needs children 27:1005
Health care system
health professionals and workers, supply 24:1700
Hughes, Edward (Ted)
public service and death 34:1030-1035
Hughes, Linda
work in child and family services and retirement 33:1020
Isaacs, Joan
contributions to Children and Youth Committee 16:0935
Jones, Nolee, experience as parent of special needs children 20:1530-1540
Kampman, Leona, son's writing on FASD and school experience 27:1055
Kootenay Family Place
process for client transition to school system supports 24:1700
programs and services 24:1720-1725
Koral, Saydie, experience as guardian of special needs children 26:1505
McCann, Naomi, experience as parent of special needs children 27:1305
McGarry, Shelley, experience as parent of special needs child 23:1135
McLay, Shannon, experience as parent of special needs child 27:0925-0930
Macrae, Seonag, work with CLBC commended 18:1040
Malenfant, Monique, experience as parent of special needs child 20:1505-1515
Mental health
mental health of children and youth
secure care for mental health and addiction issues 33:1135-1140
services and system 33:1140
Occupational therapists
supply 24:1700
Okanagan area
services and supports for autistic children and youth 23:1230
Pacific Autism Family Network, activities and facilities 23:1230
Pollard, Marcus, experience as parent of special needs child 26:1400
Representative for Children and Youth
advocacy 19:0820, 26:1335, 26:1400, 26:1415, 26:1505, 27:1345, 27:1350-1355
budget and funding request 33:0940
establishment 34:1035
investigations
investigation of child injuries and deaths 33:1005
reports
adoption and permanency options update 33:1020, 33:1050-1055
case of youth in care and overdose death 33:1120, 33:1135-1150
Ross, Ellis
membership in Children and Youth Committee 16:0935
School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson)
special education and special needs, Indigenous students 23:1155-1205
Secwepemc Child and Family Services
agency operations and relationship with school district 23:1155-1205
Social workers
children-and-youth-with-special-needs social workers 24:1725, 26:1105
community social services workers
supply and training 20:1405
Sonntag, Tristan, experience and advocacy as autistic person 26:1455
Special needs children and youth
advocacy 26:1105, 27:1340-1345, 27:1350-1355
advocacy and self-advocacy 23:1120
caregivers and issues 20:1530-1540, 26:1155
caregivers and role of family members 21:1035
children in government care 27:1435
diagnosis and assessment 22:1620, 27:1155, 27:1550, 27:1605
reassessment 22:1740-1745
neurodiverse disorders
stigma 26:1145
neurodiverse disorders, terminology 20:1355
respite benefits 20:1515, 26:1055, 27:1455
service providers, contracts 23:1010
services 20:1505, 26:1105-1110
access by marginalized and vulnerable families 22:1705
funding and funding model 27:1110
funding model 22:1620, 24:1720
Indigenous children and youth 23:1055, 23:1155-1200
integration and navigation 22:1605
referrals and prioritization 22:1605
services and eligibility 25:1210, 27:1550
system 25:1125
transition to adult services 19:0820, 26:1530
transition to school system supports 24:1700
supports for families
family advocates and navigator program 25:1200, 26:1135, 27:1410
supports and family support networks 24:1635
Speech-language pathologists
professional regulation 25:1020
supply and training 25:1015
Stilwell, Michelle
election as Deputy Chair of Children and Youth Committee 16:0825
induction to Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame 28:1625
Substance use and addiction
opioid use and overdoses by parents, impact on children 33:1005
Victor School
catchment area 26:1445
Wicks, Adrianne, family's experience with special needs services 26:1105-1110
Zimmel, Nicole, experience as parent of special needs child 26:1440-1445
Singh, Rachna (Surrey–Green Timbers)

Atwell, Melanie, experience as parent of special needs child 25:1140
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis 18:0900-0905
BCEdAccess, survey on special needs children in education system 19:0820
Centre for Child Development of the Lower Mainland, client diversity and access to services 27:0940-0945
Children and youth
early childhood development, child development centres 23:1010
Children and Youth Committee
reports, annual report 22:1540
Education
special education and special needs 23:1110, 25:1000
assessments and follow-up 22:1710
service gaps outside school calendar 17:0830, 18:0950
service levels and children removed from system by parents 19:0820
services and designation 27:0930
Education funding
special education and special needs 18:0950
First Nations and Indigenous persons
child protection system and children in government care
permanency options and adoption practices 33:1040
Kitimat Community Development Centre, services and funding 20:1355-1400
Representative for Children and Youth
reports
adoption and permanency options update 33:1040
Special needs children and youth
services 23:1010, 26:1110
access by culturally diverse families 27:0940-0945
access by marginalized and vulnerable families 22:1705-1710, 25:1050, 27:1110
early intervention 25:1140
funding and caseload 22:1605
Indigenous children and youth 25:1050
services and eligibility 17:0940, 25:1000
transition to school system supports 20:1355-1400, 20:1430, 24:1700, 24:1715
study on services and data collection 17:0830
supports for families 25:1050
Speech-language pathologists
services and supply 20:1430
Teachers
supply and training, special education teachers 27:1020
Wicks, Adrianne, family's experience with special needs services 26:1110
Smith, Danielle

Autism Information Services B.C.
role and services 17:0820, 17:0835
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment 17:0815-0825
private assessments 17:0835-0840
services
eligibility for services 17:0815-0825
funding model 17:0820
registry of autism service providers 17:0820
transition to adult services 17:0820-0825
transition to school system supports 17:0820
B.C. Autism Assessment Network
autism assessment services 17:0815, 17:0840
Children and Family Development Ministry
briefing to committee on services for special needs children and youth 17:0805-0855
services for children with autism spectrum disorder 17:0820
Community Living B.C.
eligibility criteria for services
eligibility criteria 17:0815-0830
Disabled persons
disabled children
services and At Home program 17:0825-0830
intellectually disabled children
diagnosis and assessment 17:0825-0830, 17:0845-0850
incidence 17:0845-0850
services and eligibility for services 17:0825-0830
services and service delivery 17:0825
services and transition to adult services 17:0825-0830
programs and services
services to adults with developmental disabilities 17:0825
Education
special education and special needs
service gaps outside school calendar 17:0830-0835
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
co-occurrence with mental health disorders 17:0805
diagnosis and assessment 17:0805-0815, 17:0835, 17:0845-0855
incidence 17:0845-0855
incidence, First Nations populations 17:0850
services
eligibility for services 17:0805-0815, 17:0835
service delivery 17:0810-0815, 17:0850
transition to adult services 17:0815
transition to school system supports 17:0810
Special needs children and youth
key worker program 17:0850
services
services and eligibility 17:0805-0855
transition to adult services 17:0820-0825
Social workers

Children-and-youth-with-special-needs social workers (Androsoff, L.) 24:1710 (Elliot, J.) 25:1150 (Glumac) 25:1125 (Irving, S.) 26:1100 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1405-1410 (Sandborn, K.) 26:1330-1335 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1125 (Simons) 24:1725, 26:1105 (Wicks, A.) 26:1105 (Zanet Costa, D.) 24:1725 (Zimmel, N.) 26:1440
Community social services workers
supply and training (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1715 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1405-1410 (Simons) 20:1405
Sonntag, Tristan

Presentation to committee on behalf of Aspies on Mars 26:1445-1455
As subject
experience and advocacy as autistic person 26:1445-1455 (Simons) 26:1455
Aspies on Mars
Aspies on Mars podcast 26:1450-1455
name of group 26:1455
Autism spectrum disorder
autistic LGBTQ persons 26:1450
services and supports 26:1445-1455
Disabled persons, rights 26:1450
Education, special education and special needs, use of isolation rooms 26:1445-1450
Income assistance disability benefits, rates 26:1450
Mental health of children and youth, counselling services for autistic children and youth 26:1445-1450
Special needs children and youth, services, transition to adult services 26:1450
Souter, Mary

Presentation to committee 26:0945-0955
As subject
experience as special education social worker and parent of special needs children 26:0945-0950
Special needs children and youth
children in government care 26:0950
diagnosis and assessment 26:0945
services and eligibility 26:0945-0955
services, system 26:0945
supports for families, training for parents 26:0950-0955
transition to school system supports 26:0950-0955
Special needs children and youth See also Disabled children under Disabled persons; Autism spectrum disorder; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder; Special education and special needs under Education

Advocacy See also Supports for families below
(Demmler, J.) 26:1135 (Elliot, C.) 25:1200 (Gounder, S.) 27:1355 (Leonard) 26:1135, 27:1355 (Lockrey, C.) 26:0955-1000 (Offley, L.) 27:1405 (Salcedo, D.) 27:1340-1345 (Simons) 26:1105, 27:1340-1345, 27:1350-1355 (Wicks, A.) 26:1105
Advocacy, self-advocacy (Humphreys, T.) 26:1145 (Simons) 23:1120
Advocacy, self-advocacy by youth (Ly, V.) 21:0935
Assessment See Diagnosis and assessment below
Autism See Autism spectrum disorder
Automatic screening programs See also Early childhood development, screening programs under Children and youth
(Leonard) 17:0850 (Massey, C.) 17:0850
Brain-based conditions and functional areas (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0815 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0815
Caregivers and issues See also Supports for families below
capacity issues (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0925-0935 (Mitchell, B.) 17:0935-0940 (Salcedo, D.) 27:1330-1340
caregivers and issues (Adlam, C.) 27:1445-1455 (Barkman, J.) 27:1120-1125 (Breingan, H.) 25:1200-1210 (Gravells, H.) 23:1105-1120 (Humphreys, T.) 26:1155 (Jones, N.) 20:1525-1540 (Leonard) 20:1515-1520, 26:1445 (McGarry, S.) 23:1130-1140 (Malenfant, M.) 20:1500-1525 (Simons) 20:1530-1540, 26:1155 (Stilwell) 23:1135 (Throness) 20:1515-1520, 20:1540, 25:1205 (Zimmel, N.) 26:1445
government support (Sandborn, K.) 26:1335
role of caregivers (Preston, A.) 27:0955-1000
role of family members (Simons) 21:1035
Children in government care (Haldar, M.) 27:1435 (Koral, S.) 26:1500-1515 (Simons) 27:1435 (Souter, M.) 26:0950 (Throness) 26:1510, 27:1435
Custody issues (Adlam, C.) 27:1450-1455 (Morris, M.) 26:1315-1320
Data collection See Services, administration; Services, information-sharing and data collection below
Developmental behavioural conditions See Neurodiverse disorders below
Diagnosis and assessment
access and wait-lists (Adlam, C.) 27:1445 (Callis, H.) 20:1415 (Collins, D.) 27:1540-1545 (Delorme, F.) 20:1415 (Howe, S.) 26:1045 (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1345-1350 (McKay, J.) 22:1610 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1345-1350 (Patterson, T.) 27:1500-1505 (Preston, A.) 27:0955-1000 (Rockall, D.) 25:0950-0955 (Roemer, J.) 21:1005
access for marginalized groups (Ly, V.) 21:0925-0930
contextual assessment (Burns, K.) 27:1610 (Leonard) 27:1610
diagnosis and assessment (Ambler, L.) 27:1600 (Banman, V.) 21:1030-1035 (Barkman, J.) 27:1115-1120 (Bell, L.) 27:1425 (Braun, C.) 23:1210-1225 (Brown, D.) 27:1415 (Burns, K.) 27:1555-1610 (Callis, H.) 20:1430 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0900-0920, 17:0940 (Davies, E.) 25:1100 (Delorme, F.) 20:1430 (Doran, S.) 22:1635-1640 (Dospital, L.) 19:0805-0815, 19:0825, 19:0835 (Douglas, D.) 23:1050-1100 (Goth, S.) 26:1535 (Gravells, H.) 23:1105-1110 (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1355 (Leonard) 21:1035, 27:1010 (McCrea, J.) 18:0920-0930, 18:0940-0945 (McGee, D.) 27:0915 (McLay, S.) 27:0920 (Macrae, S.) 18:1020-1025 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1355 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1555 (Millner, T.) 21:0925 (Newby, J.) 27:1520 (Nichols, B.) 22:1730-1735 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0805-0810 (Pidgeon, W.) 27:1630 (Price, K.) 26:0920-0935 (Rockall, D.) 25:1000-1005 (Roemer, J.) 21:1045 (Ross) 25:1000 (Simons) 22:1620, 27:1155, 27:1550, 27:1605 (Souter, M.) 26:0945 (Stanton, J.) 26:1015 (Stilwell) 26:0930 (Throness) 19:0825, 20:1355, 20:1430, 23:1100, 23:1220-1225, 27:1125, 27:1155, 27:1605-1610 (Verschoor, K.) 27:1550 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0825-0830 (Warcup, M.) 20:1440 (Wat) 17:0940, 22:1740, 27:0915 (Williams, N.) 23:1145 (Wry, D.) 21:1015-1025
dual diagnoses See also Neurodiverse disorders, complex and multiple disorders below
(Hutchinson, C.) 20:1350 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1350
functional assessments (Bremault, G.) 27:0935 (Montani, A.) 27:1100 (Price, K.) 26:0925, 26:0935
homeless youth (Dospital, L.) 19:0810-0815
older youth without diagnosis (Dospital, L.) 19:0835 (Leonard) 19:0835
private assessments (Russell, M.) 27:1530 (Stilwell) 25:1005
process and system (Howe, S.) 26:1045 (MacLean, C.) 27:1140-1155 (Stilwell) 27:1150
reassessment (Cameron, D.) 18:0905 (Dospital, L.) 19:0815 (Jaswal, O.) 22:1735-1745 (Ki, D.) 22:1745 (Leonard) 18:0905 (Nichols, B.) 22:1745 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0905 (Shade, V.) 25:1030 (Simons) 22:1740-1745 (Throness) 22:1745
training for front-line staff (Stanton, J.) 26:1015
transfer from other jurisdictions (Newby, J.) 27:1515
Education See Special education and special needs under Education
Eligibility for services See services and eligibility under Services below; Eligibility criteria under Community Living British Columbia
Family journey for services study See Study on services and data collection below
Family supports See Supports for families below
Fetal alcohol syndrome See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
Incidence (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0810 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1125-1130 (Throness) 25:1125
Medical benefits (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0910
Medications, cannabis (Crawford, N.) 26:1115
Neurodiverse disorders See also Autism spectrum disorder; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
ADHD (Burns, K.) 27:1600 (Goth, S.) 26:1530-1540 (Gounder, S.) 27:1345-1355 (Harris, J.) 27:1615-1620 (Leonard) 26:1540 (McLay, S.) 27:0920-0930 (Russell, M.) 27:1525-1535
ADHD and FASD (Leonard) 27:1010 (Preston, A.) 27:1000-1005
ADHD and learning disabilities (Ly, V.) 21:0930
awareness (Demmler, J.) 26:1130
complex and multiple disorders (Breingan, H.) 23:1205 (Brown, D.) 27:1410-1415 (Burns, K.) 27:1555-1600 (Crawford, N.) 26:1110-1115 (Gordon, J.) 23:1005 (Howe, S.) 26:1040-1045 (Nash, C.) 26:1050 (Offley, L.) 27:1400-1405
concurrent medical issues (Harris, J.) 27:1620 (McGarry, S.) 23:1125
definition (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0810-0815
developmental behavioural conditions (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0825
diagnosis See Diagnosis and assessment above
disorders (McGee, D.) 27:0905-0910 (Throness) 27:0915
disorders and needs (Price, K.) 26:0930-0935 (Throness) 26:0935
disorders and role of trauma (Aguilera, T.) 25:1040 (Bell, L.) 27:1425-1435 (Davies, E.) 25:1110 (Douglas, D.) 23:1050-1100 (Haldar, M.) 27:1420-1435 (Leonard) 23:1100 (McElroy, M.) 22:1655 (Throness) 23:1100, 27:1430
Indigenous and non-Indigenous children (Ross) 25:1050
prenatal drug exposure (Barkman, J.) 27:1115-1125
sensory impairment conditions (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0835
services for neurodiverse children and youth See Services below
stigma (Currie, H.) 26:1140-1145 (Leonard) 26:1140 (Simons) 26:1145
terminology (Simons) 20:1355
Psychoeducational testing See Special education and special needs, assessments under Education
Recreation See Sports and recreation
Respite benefits (Adlam, C.) 27:1455 (Androsoff, L.) 24:1710 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0910 (McGarry, S.) 23:1140 (Malenfant, M.) 20:1505-1515 (Nash, C.) 26:1050-1055 (Salcedo, D.) 27:1335 (Sandborn, K.) 26:1330-1335 (Simons) 20:1515, 26:1055, 27:1455 (Stilwell) 23:1135 (Throness) 20:1510, 26:1055
Self-awareness (Banman, V.) 21:1040 (Roemer, J.) 21:1040-1045 (Throness) 21:1040
Sensory impairment conditions See Neurodiverse disorders above
Service providers
caseloads (Cuell, E.) 24:1630
confidentiality requirements (Robinson, J.) 24:1630-1635, 24:1645 (Throness) 24:1635, 24:1645
contracts (Gordon, J.) 23:1010 (Simons) 23:1010 (Throness) 23:1010
cultural competency (Warcup, M.) 20:1445-1450
cultural competency and trauma-informed care (Aguilera, T.) 25:1040-1045
regulation (Stanton, J.) 26:1020
request-for-proposal (RFP) process (Millner, T.) 21:0920 (Throness) 21:0920
staff recruitment and retention (Millner, T.) 21:0905
Services See also Therapies below
access by culturally diverse families (Bremault, G.) 27:0945 (Katz, B.) 27:0945 (Singh) 27:0940-0945
access by marginalized and vulnerable families (Leonard) 22:1710 (McElroy, M.) 22:1655-1710 (MacLean, C.) 27:1150 (Montani, A.) 27:1110 (Simons) 22:1705 (Singh) 22:1705-1710, 25:1050, 27:1110
access in northern and rural communities (Callis, H.) 20:1415 (Delorme, F.) 20:1410-1415 (Jones, N.) 20:1525-1535 (Leonard) 20:1535 (McKay, J.) 22:1620 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1550-1555
access issues (Braun, C.) 23:1210-1220 (Collins, D.) 27:1555 (Jaswal, O.) 22:1740 (Throness) 20:1435 (Williams, N.) 23:1155
access issues and inequity (Montani, A.) 27:1100-1105
access issues and travel costs (Callis, H.) 20:1425, 20:1435-1440 (Delorme, F.) 20:1435-1440 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0945-0950 (Stilwell) 20:1425 (Wat) 20:1435-1440
accessibility (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0915-0920
administration (Lockrey, C.) 26:1005
administration and documentation (McGarry, S.) 23:1130
administration and integration (Ross) 20:1455 (Throness) 20:1450 (Warcup, M.) 20:1445-1455
caregivers and issues See Caregivers and issues above
case management (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0930 (Throness) 17:0930
challenges and opportunities (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0835-0840
children in government care (Bell, L.) 27:1425-1435 (Davies, E.) 25:1055 (Haldar, M.) 27:1420-1435 (Preston, A.) 27:0950-1010
collaboration (Leonard) 21:0915 (Millner, T.) 21:0915
collaboration between ministries (Nash, C.) 26:1055
complex developmental behavioural conditions services (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0830-0835
complex needs (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0920-0925 (Dospital, L.) 19:0815
consultation and review (Glumac) 20:1450 (Warcup, M.) 20:1450
costs and benefit coverage (Doran, S.) 22:1635
day programs (Malenfant, M.) 20:1510
developmentally disabled adults See Disabled persons
early intervention (Androsoff, L.) 24:1705-1715 (Atwell, M.) 25:1130-1140 (Bremault, G.) 27:0950 (Gordon, J.) 23:0955-1005 (Gravells, H.) 23:1105-1110 (Harrison, G.) 24:1645-1655 (Leonard) 27:0930 (McLay, S.) 27:0930 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1555 (Millner, T.) 21:0900 (Montani, A.) 27:1055-1105 (Newby, J.) 27:1515 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0805-0810 (Preston, A.) 27:0955-1000 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0950-0955 (Singh) 25:1140
framework initiative (Massey, C.) 17:0830, 17:0845
funding See also Health care funding
funding and caseload (Bassett, K.) 22:1605-1610 (Singh) 22:1605
funding and funding model (Brown, D.) 27:1415 (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1725 (Gordon, J.) 23:1000-1010 (Gounder, S.) 27:1350-1355 (Leonard) 22:1720-1725, 27:1110 (Lockrey, C.) 26:1000-1010 (Millner, T.) 21:0915 (Montani, A.) 27:1105-1110 (Preston, A.) 27:0955 (Rockall, D.) 25:0955 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1115-1120 (Simons) 22:1620, 24:1720, 27:1110 (Throness) 27:1355 (Warcup, M.) 20:1440-1445 (Zanet Costa, D.) 24:1720
funding equity (Bremault, G.) 27:0940
healthy starts initiative (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0840
high-needs children and youth (Pollard, M.) 26:1350-1405 (Throness) 26:1400-1405
At Home program See Intellectually disabled children under Disabled persons
Indigenous children and youth (Aguilera, T.) 25:1040-1055 (Androsoff, L.) 24:1705-1710 (Davies, E.) 25:1105 (Dospital, L.) 19:0830 (Douglas, D.) 23:1055 (Jaswal, O.) 22:1740 (McElroy, M.) 22:1700-1705 (Ross) 19:0830, 25:1035, 25:1050 (Shade, V.) 25:1030-1035 (Simons) 23:1055, 23:1155-1200 (Singh) 25:1050 (Throness) 20:1450 (Warcup, M.) 20:1445-1450 (Williams, N.) 23:1140-1205
information and outreach (Throness) 27:1550-1555 (Verschoor, K.) 27:1555
information-sharing (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0840
information-sharing and data collection (Feulgen, S.) 18:0845-0850 (Glumac) 18:0845-0850
information-sharing and electronic health records (Throness) 18:0855
integrated services and caseload (Feulgen, S.) 18:0900 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0900 (Wat) 18:0900
integration and navigation (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1600-1605 (Simons) 22:1605
key worker program See also Children-and-youth-with-special-needs social workers under Social workers
(Smith, D.) 17:0850
mental health services See Mental health
nursing services (McGarry, S.) 23:1125-1130
outreach clinics (Delorme, F.) 20:1415 (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1345-1350
poverty issues (Aguilera, T.) 25:1040 (Callis, H.) 20:1435 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0915
psychological services See Mental health of children and youth under Mental health
referrals (Demmler, J.) 26:1130-1135 (Gravells, H.) 23:1115 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0945 (Throness) 23:1115, 26:1130
referrals and prioritization (Bassett, K.) 22:1600-1605 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1605 (Simons) 22:1605
refugees (Katz, B.) 27:0945
service delivery (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1725 (Glumac) 24:1640-1645, 24:1730 (Leonard) 22:1725 (Robinson, J.) 24:1640-1645 (Throness) 17:0845 (Zanet Costa, D.) 24:1730
service tiers (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0815, 18:0840
services (Crawford, N.) 26:1115-1120 (Davies, E.) 25:1055-1110 (Doran, S.) 22:1625-1640 (Glumac) 20:1405 (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1345-1405 (Irving, S.) 26:1100 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1345-1410 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1550-1610 (Millner, T.) 21:0900-0920 (Morris, M.) 26:1315-1325 (Newby, J.) 27:1510-1515 (Salcedo, D.) 27:1330-1340 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1110-1115 (Simons) 20:1505, 26:1105-1110 (Singh) 23:1010, 26:1110 (Stilwell) 20:1400, 24:1640 (Throness) 22:1635, 25:1000, 26:1110 (Wat) 20:1455 (Wicks, A.) 26:1100-1110
services and eligibility (Androsoff, L.) 24:1715 (Banman, V.) 21:1030-1035 (Barkman, J.) 27:1115-1125 (Burns, K.) 27:1605-1615 (Callis, H.) 20:1410-1435 (Cameron, D.) 18:0855-0905 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0900-0940 (Collins, D.) 27:1540-1550 (Cuell, E.) 24:1630 (Delorme, F.) 20:1410-1435 (Demmler, J.) 26:1125-1130 (Dospital, L.) 19:0800-0835 (Edwards, K.) 27:0945 (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1710-1720 (Feulgen, S.) 18:0845-0850, 18:0900 (Glumac) 17:0840-0845, 17:0930, 21:1010, 23:1010, 24:1655, 25:0955-1000 (Gordon, J.) 23:1000-1015 (Gounder, S.) 27:1345-1355 (Harris, J.) 27:1615-1620 (Harrison, G.) 24:1650 (Howe, S.) 26:1040-1045 (Kampman, L.) 27:1050-1055 (Leonard) 17:0935, 20:1425, 21:0955, 22:1745, 27:1610 (Lockrey, C.) 26:1000-1005 (Ly, V.) 21:0930-0935 (McElroy, M.) 22:1655-1710 (McGarry, S.) 23:1125-1140 (McKay, J.) 22:1615-1625 (MacLean, C.) 27:1155 (Macrae, S.) 18:1005-1040 (Massey, C.) 17:0805, 17:0830-0855 (Montani, A.) 27:1105-1110 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0805-0815, 18:0835-0905 (Patterson, T.) 27:1500 (Preston, A.) 27:1005 (Price, K.) 26:0930 (Robinson, J.) 24:1630-1645 (Rockall, D.) 25:0945-1005 (Roemer, J.) 21:1010, 21:1045 (Sandborn, K.) 26:1330-1340 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1120-1130 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0955 (Simons) 25:1210, 27:1550 (Singh) 17:0940, 25:1000 (Smith, D.) 17:0805-0855 (Souter, M.) 26:0945-0955 (Stilwell) 22:1745, 27:1005 (Throness) 22:1720, 24:1635, 24:1715, 26:0955, 26:1340, 27:1125, 27:1155, 27:1355 (Verschoor, K.) 27:1545-1550 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0815-0835, 18:0845 (Warcup, M.) 20:1455 (Williams, N.) 23:1145-1150 (Wry, D.) 21:1015-1025 (Zanet Costa, D.) 24:1720
services in education system See Special education and special needs under Education
study See Study on services and data collection below
system (Bremault, G.) 27:0940-0945 (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1155 (Glumac) 24:1725-1730 (Krogstad, T.) 26:1345 (Leonard) 26:1105, 27:1110 (MacLean, C.) 27:1145-1155 (Montani, A.) 27:1110 (Patterson, T.) 27:1455-1500 (Russell, M.) 27:1525-1535 (Simons) 25:1125 (Souter, M.) 26:0945 (Stanton, J.) 26:1025 (Throness) 27:1510 (Zanet Costa, D.) 24:1730
system and equity (Harrison, G.) 24:1655
transition to adult services (Adams, S.) 26:1520-1530 (Breingan, H.) 25:1205-1210 (Bremault, G.) 27:0950 (Callis, H.) 20:1435 (Charlesworth, J.) 17:0920-0925 (Collins, D.) 27:1550 (Delorme, F.) 20:1435 (Dospital, L.) 19:0810-0820 (Edwards, K.) 27:0950 (Gravells, H.) 23:1115 (Humphreys, T.) 26:1150 (McGarry, S.) 23:1125-1140 (Macrae, S.) 18:1010-1030 (Malenfant, M.) 20:1500-1505, 20:1520 (Rockall, D.) 25:0955 (Simons) 19:0820, 26:1530 (Smith, D.) 17:0820-0825 (Sonntag, T.) 26:1450 (Stilwell) 26:1525 (Throness) 23:1135, 27:0945 (Verschoor, K.) 27:1545-1550 (Wat) 20:1435, 20:1520, 23:1115
transition to adult services and operating agreement (Macrae, S.) 18:1020-1025 (Throness) 18:1035
transition to school system supports See also Special education and special needs under Education
(Adams, S.) 26:1520 (Aguilera, T.) 25:1045 (Androsoff, L.) 24:1715 (Atwell, M.) 25:1140 (Barkman, J.) 27:1115 (Bassett, K.) 22:1605 (Callis, H.) 20:1420 (Delorme, F.) 20:1420 (Doran, S.) 22:1635 (Dospital, L.) 19:0815 (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1715 (Glumac) 25:1140 (Harrison, G.) 24:1700 (Howe, S.) 26:1045 (Humphreys, T.) 26:1150 (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1350, 20:1405 (Ly, V.) 21:0930 (McCrea, J.) 18:0945 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1350, 20:1400-1405 (Preston, A.) 27:1005 (Simons) 24:1700 (Singh) 20:1355-1400, 20:1430, 24:1700, 24:1715 (Souter, M.) 26:0950-0955 (Wat) 20:1400-1405 (Williams, N.) 23:1150 (Zanet Costa, D.) 24:1725
wait-lists and waiting times (Bassett, K.) 22:1600 (Gordon, J.) 23:1000 (McKay, J.) 22:1625 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1600 (Millner, T.) 21:0905, 21:0915 (Nash, C.) 26:1050-1055 (Patrick, L.) 25:1005-1020 (Rockall, D.) 25:0945-0950, 25:1000 (Throness) 22:1600, 22:1625, 25:1000, 26:1055
Study on services and data collection (Glumac) 17:0840-0845 (Massey, C.) 17:0830, 17:0840-0845 (Singh) 17:0830
Supports for families
BRIGHT Coaching research study (Leonard) 18:0840-0845 (O'Donnell, M.) 18:0840-0845
family advocates and navigator program (Bell, L.) 27:1425 (Bremault, G.) 27:0940 (Crawford, N.) 26:1120 (Glumac) 25:1125 (Rockall, D.) 25:0950-0955 (Schroeder, J.) 25:1115-1125 (Simons) 25:1200, 26:1135, 27:1410 (Throness) 25:1125
key worker See family advocates and navigator program above; Children-and-youth-with-special needs social workers under Social workers
mental health of parents (Dospital, L.) 19:0805
parents with disabilities (Ly, V.) 21:0935
peer support (Leonard) 27:1310 (McCann, N.) 27:1310
supports (Adams, S.) 26:1520-1525 (Aguilera, T.) 25:1045 (Ambler, L.) 27:1600 (Brown, D.) 27:1420 (Demmler, J.) 26:1130-1135 (Doran, S.) 22:1630-1635 (Dospital, L.) 19:0805-0815 (Elliot, C.) 25:1145-1200 (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1720 (Irving, S.) 26:1100 (Leonard) 27:1010 (McElroy, M.) 22:1655-1700 (Malenfant, M.) 20:1505-1525 (Offley, L.) 27:1405-1410 (Preston, A.) 27:1010 (Ross) 25:1155 (Singh) 25:1050 (Stanton, J.) 26:1020 (Wat) 20:1525 (Wicks, A.) 26:1100-1110
supports and family support networks (Cuell, E.) 24:1625-1630 (Robinson, J.) 24:1625-1645 (Simons) 24:1635 (Throness) 24:1645
supports and outreach (Humphreys, T.) 26:1150-1155 (Montani, A.) 27:1110
training for parents (Souter, M.) 26:0950-0955
Therapies (Adlam, C.) 27:1445
Therapies, intensity and models (Gordon, J.) 23:1015 (Leonard) 23:1015 (Stilwell) 23:1015
Therapies, medications See Medications above
Vulnerability to abuse (Burns, K.) 27:1555
Workers See also Social workers
caregivers and support workers (Leonard) 20:1515 (Malenfant, M.) 20:1515
early childhood educators See Children and youth
education assistants See Special education and special needs under Education
health professionals See Health care system; particular professions
qualifications (Malenfant, M.) 20:1515 (Ross) 20:1515
supply and training (Fallowfield, B.) 22:1715
Special Olympics British Columbia See also Howe, Scott

Presentation to committee 26:1035-1045
Activities and participants (Howe, S.) 26:1035
Speech and Hearing B.C. See also Patrick, Lynne

Presentation to committee 25:1005-1020
Recommendations to committee (Patrick, L.) 25:1010-1015
Speech disorders

Speech therapy services See Speech-language pathologists
Speech-language pathologists

Professional regulation (Patrick, L.) 25:1020 (Simons) 25:1020
Services
funding (Demmler, J.) 26:1130
models (Gordon, J.) 23:1015 (Leonard) 23:1015 (Stilwell) 23:1015
services (Harrison, G.) 24:1645-1700 (Hutchinson, C.) 20:1350 (Lockrey, C.) 26:1000-1005 (McKay, J.) 22:1625 (Mailloux, B.) 20:1355 (Mathiesen, L.) 22:1555 (Seltenrich, A.) 21:0945 (Throness) 20:1355
services to children and caseload (Glumac) 25:1020 (Patrick, L.) 25:1005-1020
Supply (Callis, H.) 20:1430 (Delorme, F.) 20:1430 (Harrison, G.) 24:1700 (Singh) 20:1430 (Throness) 24:1655-1700, 25:1020
Supply and training (Patrick, L.) 25:1015 (Simons) 25:1015 (Stilwell) 25:1015
Supply and wages (Patrick, L.) 25:1015-1020 (Wat) 25:1015
Sports and recreation

Participation by special needs children and youth, accessible playgrounds (Adlam, C.) 27:1450-1455
STADD See Developmentally disabled persons under Disabled persons
Stanton, Jocelyn

Presentation to committee 26:1010-1025
As subject
experience as parent of special needs children 26:1010-1020
recommendations to committee 26:1015-1025
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment 26:1010-1015
services 26:1010-1020
funding model 26:1020
Children and youth, early childhood development, screening programs 26:1015
Education, special education and special needs 26:1010, 26:1020
service levels and education assistants 26:1020-1025
Special needs children and youth
diagnosis and assessment and training for front-line staff 26:1015
service providers, regulation 26:1020
services, system 26:1025
supports for families 26:1020
Teachers, training, behavioural intervention training 26:1025
Stilwell, Michelle (Parksville-Qualicum)

As subject
election as Deputy Chair of Children and Youth Committee (Simons) 16:0825 (Throness) 16:0825
induction to Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (Simons) 28:1625
Aspies on Mars, Aspies on Mars podcast 26:1450
Autism spectrum disorder
diagnosis and assessment 18:0845
diagnosis and assessment, private assessments 17:0835-0840
services and supports 26:1455
services, eligibility for services 18:0845
B.C. Psychological Association, membership 26:0930
Children and youth
early childhood development, child development centres 27:1005
Children and Youth Committee
election of Chair and Deputy Chair 16:0825
project on services for special needs children and youth, public hearings and presentations 21:1040
report on children and youth with neurodiverse special needs 32:1535
reports, annual report 22:1535
Disabled persons
developmentally disabled persons, STADD program and navigators 22:1720, 26:1525
Education
special education and special needs 23:1200
assessments 22:1745
designations and service needs 27:1320
designations and student information 18:0950
service gaps outside school calendar 17:0835
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity symptoms, occurence 26:1430
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
awareness and education for health and other professionals 23:0955
diagnosis and assessment 17:0835
services, eligibility for services 17:0835
Health care system
travel assistance program 20:1425
Income assistance
disability benefits, PWD application process 26:1525
Kitimat Community Development Centre, services 20:1400
Police and policing
police handling of persons with neurodiverse disorders 23:0955
Preston, Amanda, experience as parent and social worker with special needs children 27:1005
Psychologists
number, public and private sectors 26:0930
School district 73 (Kamloops-Thompson), special education and special needs, Indigenous students 23:1200
Secwepemc Child and Family Services, agency operations and relationship with school district 23:1200
SHARE Family and Community Services Society, work of organization 27:1150
Special needs children and youth
caregivers and issues 23:1135
diagnosis and assessment 26:0930
private assessments 25:1005
process and system 27:1150
respite benefits 23:1135
services 20:1400, 24:1640
access and travel costs 20:1425
services and eligibility 22:1745, 27:1005
transition to adult services 26:1525
therapies, intensity and models 23:1015
Speech-language pathologists
services, models 23:1015
supply and training 25:1015
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, services for special needs children 18:0845
Warnock, Lisa and Ray, experience as teacher and parent of special needs children 27:1320
Yukon
services for special needs children and youth 24:1640
Substance use and addiction

Impact on neurodiverse disorders
fetal alcohol syndrome See Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
prenatal drug exposure See Neurodiverse disorders under Special needs children and youth
Opioid use and overdoses by parents, impact on children (Charlesworth, J.) 33:1005 (Simons) 33:1005
Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver, B.C.

Services for special needs children (Stilwell) 18:0845 (Wannamaker, S.) 18:0820-0835, 18:0845
Supreme Court of British Columbia

Ruling on access to government information by Representative for Children and Youth (Charlesworth, J.) 33:0935
Surrey District Parent Advisory Council See also McGee, Dean

Presentation to committee 27:0900-0915

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