Rights of children with disabilities

What is the UNCRC?

• an important promise to protect children’s rights in countries.

• it helps explain who a child is, what rights children have

• a human rights treaty created by the United Nations that provides a full list of rights for all children up to the age of 18

• All of the above

Article 23 in the UNCRC states that...

• Children with disabilities have the right to receive and have access to free education

• Children with disabilities should be homeschooled

• Children with disabilities require supervision in school settings

• none of the above

What is the Ontario Education Act?

• The main provincial laws that schools and school boards must follow

• The main federal laws that schools and school boards must follow

• Provides detail to how education is to be delivered to students in the Ontario school system

• Both a and c

under the Ontario education Act regulation 306 states that...

• States that School Boards within London are required to plan and implement special education programs and services for children with disabilities

• School Boards within Canada are required to plan and implement special education programs and services for children with disabilities

• School Boards within Ontario are required to plan and implement special education programs and services for children with disabilities

• Noe of the above

What was one thing you learned in todays presentation?