Admissions — Tuition/Financial Support

Your child has been diagnosed with a hearing loss. Here's how to take the first steps to helping your child learn to listen and speak…

STEP 1

  • Call Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC at 604-437-0255
  • Our trained staff will be pleased to talk with you about your child. We have many years of experience working with families with babies, toddlers and young children with hearing loss and are here to assist you to make the right choices for your child.

STEP 2

  • Tour our facility, and meet our Executive Director/Principal, teachers of the deaf and hard-of-hearing and therapists.
  • We are here to answer any questions you have.
  • Talk to our on-site paediatric Audiologist and Auditory-Verbal Therapists.

STEP 3

  • Let us walk you through the options available to ensure your child receives the best possible early education.
  • We can arrange testing in order to advise on an appropriate hearing device for your child.

School Tuition

Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC is an independent non-profit school partially funded through tuition fees.  Families whose children are enrolled in Pre-K, Kindergarten and Primary School will receive a Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC bursary in the amount of $3,250 The bursary does not apply for families receiving or eligible for government subsidies. Bursaries are renewable annually according to available funds. 

Monthly fees September 2009 to June 2010

A Sound Move - Early Intervention (no fee charged for children birth to 3 years)*
Little Butterflies Pre-K 3  ½ day programme   $3,500 annual basic tuition fee
Butterflies Pre-K 4, Kindergarten,  Primary School Programme 

$7,250 annual basic tuition fee minus Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC Bursary $3,250= Total Tuition Fee Payable $4,000

Before and After School Care $14 per day
Before School Care $6 per day
After School Care $8

School fees are due and  payable on the first day of each month.

For Itinerant Teachers of the Deaf Services,  please contact the Executive Director/Principal.

Financial Support

Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC maintains a policy that all deaf and hard-of-hearing children, regardless of  a family's ability to pay fees, may be eligible for access to our programmes.** To make this possible, Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC conducts fundraising activities throughout the year to secure support for bursaries. Scholarships and bursaries are available for qualifying families including Canadian citizens or landed immigrants and resident non-citizens holding work permits or student visas. Please inquire for further details.


* 100% of the fee is supported through Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC   Bursary Programme

** Any family requiring financial assistance to attend Children's Hearing & Speech Centre of BC may apply for a bursary for up to 100% of the basic tuition fee.

see Admissions — Priorities, Criteria and Waiting Lists