Research about how New Brunswick education has envisioned inclusion since the 1980s offers lessons in rethinking how to realize schools that celebrate all students’ strengths.
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Capturing the experiences of students who are deaf or hard of hearing is important so schools can address fatigue related to listening and communicating efforts.
As federal and provincial governments bring in measures to make child care more affordable, the voices and needs of children with disabilities must not be ignored.
Four decades after the first Supreme Court ruling on the rights of students with disabilities, Congress has not made clear exactly what it expects of school districts.
Almost 90% of students with disability go to mainstream schools but an increasing number are going to special schools.
We helped develop the UK’s first physical activity guidelines for disabled children and young people.
Teachers wearing wireless microphones that amplify their voices could be one solution to ensuring children can hear — and saving teachers’ voices from strain, particularly in the pandemic.
The pandemic and shifts to virtual learning have set many children back academically. The setbacks can be particularly challenging for children with disabilities, but recovery is possible.
Individual education plans (IEPs) should be created by a team of professionals in collaboration with parents. If a child’s IEP is inaccurate, their learning needs won’t be met.
Analysis shows most suspensions in SA in 2019 were given to Indigenous students with a disability, followed by children with a disability living in care. These children need support, not dismissal.
South Africa’s inclusive education policy currently under review must address the hindrances preventing children with disabilities from effectively access education in mainstream schools.
Students with disability continue to face dire exclusion in education and there is an urgent need to provide inclusive education for them.
In New South Wales and Victoria the number of students being home educated increased by 20% in 2020 (1,224 extra children) compared with 2019. But the rise has been evidenced for a decade.
If you’re considering homeschooling because your child seems to do better at home, but are unsure if it’s the right thing to do, here are five things to take into account.
Statistics Canada could help provinces and territories design and implement interventions to improve schooling quality, and governments should better engage with the public.
There are a number of evidence based practices that have shown to dramatically reduce challenging student behaviour at school. Here are five of them.
Making Victorian schools truly inclusive involves addressing the many barriers that prevent full inclusion of children with disability in mainstream schools.
As provinces consider extended holidays, or school closures loom as a possibility under COVID-19, schools should commit to providing in-person schooling for students with disabilities.
If returning to in-person instruction is truly impossible for public health reasons, policy makers must make large financial expenditures on quality and accessible distance education.
A seven week survey asked questions on the experiences of students with disabilities and their families when schools across Australia had mostly closed, and children learnt remotely.
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Tarleton State University
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SARChI in Higher Education and Human Development Research Group, University of the Free State
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Research Fellow, Australian National University
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Professor and Academic Head, Special Education and Educational Psychology, Monash University
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Professor of Inclusion and Educational Psychology, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer in Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, Curtin University
