BCEdAccess has new statistics about how many parents/guardians are paying for additional supports outside of school, based on information from their Exclusion Tracker.
Some highlights:
We asked if parents/guardians are paying for additional supports outside of school. The answer was a resounding yes. Within the last year, BC parents paid for many services not provided in school or by Health or MCFD, including tutoring, occupational therapy, psychoeducational assessments, and more.:
Specialist Sessions
- 28.1% – in home sessions (eg. Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), interventionists
- 21.9% – Speech Language Pathology (SLP) sessions
- 17.2% – Occupational Therapy (OT) sessions
- 4.7% – Physical Therapy (PT) sessions
Assessments
- 14% – private diagnosis
- 12.5% – Psychoeducational assessment
- 14% – SLP assessment
- 12.5% – OT assessment
- 4.7% – PT assessment
Other
- 32.8% – counseling
- 28.1% – tutoring
