Special Education Review

What are WE going to do?

CCS Disability Action will be presenting a submission on the Special Education Review and facilitating a process for young people with disabilities and families to be involved in the Review.

We wholeheartedly believe that:
Every child has the right to go to their local school with the support they need to learn and play, and to have the same experiences as all other children

We’d like to see Real education, real choice, a real future for your young disabled people – which really means that we want to see our disabled kids receiving quality education, that local schools are truly the best choice for parents, and that disabled young people leave school with skills and confidence to contribute to the workforce and their community.

We have also a new Facebook site – Real education, real choice, a real future - as a forum for discussion around what makes education truly inclusive and able to provide these outcomes. We’d love to hear your thoughts. We’ll also be posting and relevant news and information about the review.

Have a look at our facebook page

Some facts about the review

 ·  $450 million spent in special education every year
 ·  Review announced by Associate Minister of Education on August 18 2009
 ·  Government reviewing special education in two phases: review of ORRS spending – including     $51m extra over 4 years and review of operational matters, i.e. transition, workforce     development
 ·  CCS Disability Action planning a comprehensive response based on feedback from young     disabled people from a variety of sources, for example, Facebook, meetings and possibly     teleconferences
 ·  Discussion document to be released in January 2010 – will deal with funding models and future     directions for ORRS
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Who is saying what?

There are some interesting commentaries on the Review...
 ·  IHC Hot Issues - November 2009
 ·  Can we dare to think of a world without special education?

Or read our Special Education Update newsletters
 ·  Issue 1 (DOC 44 kB)
 ·  Issue 2 (DOC 32 kB)
 ·  Issue 3 (DOC 32 kB)

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