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LEARNING SUPPORT

Mission Statement:

To support through collaborative partnerships a whole school commitment to effective teaching and learning of students with special needs.

SUPPORT PROGRAMS AVAILABLE:

• In class support
• Modified Learning Environment
• Teacher aide
• Smaller class size
• Scribe
• Reader
• Modified Tasks
• Note taking

Test Support

• Extra time
• Alternative / modified assessment
• Scribe
• Withdrawal
• Laptop

Assignment Support

• Modified
• Extra time
• Individual Assistance (Aide)

Tutorials (skills training)

Homework (modified or reduced)

Technological Aids

Ethnic & Culturally Specific Needs

Pedagogy

Personal Support

WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR SUPPORT?

Students with:

• a diagnosed disability:
  Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
  Intellectual Impairment (II)
  Physical Impairment (PI)
  Hearing Impairment (HI)
  Vision Impairment (VI)
  Speech & Language Impairment
  Social & Emotional Impairment
• A Medical condition
  eg ADD, ADHD
  Depression
  Anxiety
  Epilepsy
  A Syndrome
• poor academic performance identified through:
  - the testing program
  - teacher referral
  - parent referral
• Learning Difficulties
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin
• English as a second language

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