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Enabling Equity
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Reform funding on need
August 16, 2022The proportion of students with higher needs in NSW public schools has grown significantly. In 2002, one in 25 students had a disability; now one in five students in metropolitan schools and more than one in three in remote schools are receiving an adjustment to their support due to disability.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme in schools: put simply
May 19, 2022The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provides support to eligible people with intellectual, physical, sensory, cognitive and psychosocial disabilities. Early intervention supports can also be provided for eligible people with disability or children with developmental delays.
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Teachers rise to the challenge
August 24, 2021There is no question that adjusting to remote learning during the current COVID-19 lockdown is affecting all teachers, students and school communities, however, the situation for teachers in schools for specific purposes (SSP) and support units is particularly complex.
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Learning and support teachers
December 03, 2020There are multiple roles teachers fill in contributing to the support of students with disability and additional learning and support needs including the learning and support team, the classroom teacher and the Learning and Support Teacher (LaST).
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Steadfast support for closing the gap
September 01, 2020In Australia, one person is born every one minute and 44 seconds — and based on current trends, two-thirds of those will attend public schools.
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Staffing win helping to support students with disability during COVID-19
May 20, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic hit hard our classes and teachers of students with disability. Responsive staff, additional staffing and the loud call for a targeted response to unique site and student needs relieved what threatened to be a disastrous outcome.
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Support the safety of all
March 11, 2020Safety in schools for teachers, support staff and students is paramount.
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Enabling Equity
November 30, 2019Programming for students with disability in regular classes in mainstream schools
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