This week we had the chance to listen to and talk with Tracy Humphreys. Mrs. Humphreys is the founder and chair of BCEdAccess, which is a volunteer-run organization that helps students with disabilities and their families. I found this discussion to be extremely interesting because I am very passionate about inclusive education. I believe that for all students to thrive, to achieve their personal satisfactory education goals, and to become contributing members of society schools/teachers need to have a better understanding of the benefits of inclusive education and the role in which technology plays. Something that stood out the most to me about Mrs. Humphreys talk was how students are still being taken out of the classroom as a result of their disabilities. That is something that I will explicitly not be doing in my future classroom as I believe that is not beneficial to anybody, especially not the student being removed. After completing this Bachelor of Education program I am hoping to be accepted to the Masters of Special Education at UBC where I will learn the best ways to make my future classroom inclusive to all and how to support all of my students.
