Itinerant Services @ Children’s Hearing and Speech Centre of BC

​Children’s Hearing and Speech Centre of BC’s Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing support teachers and students in independent schools kindergarten through to Grade 12 in BC. These services are delivered in person to students in Greater Vancouver and across BC through a combination of video-conferencing, regularly scheduled visits and ongoing communication with the student’s team of professionals. We work with school administration, parents, teachers and other professionals (community health audiologists, Speech Language Pathologists, occupational therapist, Sunny Hill Hospital professionals, and Children’s Hospital professionals). The level and kind of support needed to foster successful academic, social and emotional progress is determined through consultation with all team members, and is reflected in the student’s Individualized Education Plan. Factors considered are the student’s degree and type of hearing loss, if there are any communication needs, academic needs and other potential challenges in addition to hearing loss.​