Events: Sat 8 Aug 2015 - Future Planning

Insights of a primary Principal on good inclusion in practice

Margaret Young is committed to social justice. This commitment has defined her role as Principal of a primary school that enshrines the belief that public education is for all. In this article she offers insights into what promotes good inclusion.

NSW Inclusive Education Statement welcomed, but still raises red flags

The NSW Department of Education has just released their Inclusive Education Statement for students with disability. We are heartened to see that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disability (UNCRPD) is firmly stated in the overview

Laura Abrahams

Capacity Development Coordinator, Resourcing Inclusive Communities

Driving change: A roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia

The Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education (ACIE), of which Family Advocacy is a core member, has released ‘Driving change: A roadmap for achieving inclusive education in Australia’

Supported Employment Services

An information paper - one of a series - which clarifies and explains that class of services defined in the Disability Services Act as Supported Employment Services.

The Home School: Why students with severe intellectual disabilities must attend the schools of their brothers, sisters, friends and neighbours

While this article does not attempt to discuss the pros and cons of special classroom education versus regular classroom education, it focuses on the move from segregated special schools and clustered schools (where more than a natural proportion of children with disabilities are placed) to regular schools.

Two approaches to seeing people with disabilities

This study tests the theory that attitudes towards people with disabilities can be divided into two types: attitudes at a societal level and attitudes at a personal level. The implications suggest that it would be fruitful to improve attitudes at a societal level through media campaigns.

Living proof of what love can do: A father's story

People and the media have often portrayed people who have disabilities as "dangerous" and say that they should not live in the community. This newspaper story tells how one family was affected by this.

The Professional Problem

In this paper, John McKnight (who was the founder of the Centre for Urban Affairs and Policy Research at Northwestern University, Illinois) argues that there are now signs that "client populations" are beginning to wonder whether they are really the problem or is the problem now really the "professional problem"?...

Jane Curtis

Communications and Media Coordinator

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