Factually wrong and damaging to the profession. ⁦The Sydney Morning Herald⁩ you need to do better

Thank you John Ross for picking on on our submission
and media release. I feel if any other equity group was discriminated against in such away it would be on the front of every newspaper! We have to ask why its not when it relates to disability?

New study: evidence of a bidirectional relationship between word recognition and vocabulary, measured as both receptive (words you understand) and expressive (words you can use), in early years (Grades 1-5); consistent with Lexical Quality Hypothesis. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

The excellent Professor Linda J. Graham Graham and Melissa Close from The Centre for Inclusive Education have published an important article in 'Education Research Matters' 👆providing important critique in advance of the publication of the final 'disruptive classrooms' report. 2/2

Please read and share! Parents and advocates need to be informed to speak out effectively against the approaches that will be recommended and will further harm, stigmatise and alienate many students with disability, especially neurodivergent students. 1/2

blog.aare.edu.au/australia-does…

Tweet: Autism Awareness Aus
Inclusive and supporting school environments are vital for children and young people with autism to thrive. buff.ly/3OhBN6m

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Teachers acknowledge the importance of effectively interpreting & communicating #AssessmentData to support student learning. New study by Trent D. Brown, Melissa Barnes Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh Sage Education ACER #AssessmentLiteracy #SecondaryTeachers
doi.org/10.1177/000494…

The first line of 2023 DLD Day video says 'There are 7000 languages in the world...' People with DLD all struggle with the language(s) they are learning and using. What exactly they struggle with differs. There is much we can do to support them. RADLDcampaign

They seem to have forgotten that 16 million disabled people have a vote & so do their families & allies … itv.com/news/2023-12-1…

There is a real opportunity with the negotiations for the National School Funding Agreement to progress the incentivising of inclusive practice in our schools. Let’s not waste it because the topic of segregated settings is too hard. #Politas sbs.com.au/news/podcast-e…

'Language for Behaviour and Emotions' targets the spoken language skills that link most closely with mental wellbeing, such as emotional vocabulary, narrative and comprehension monitoring.
To download a sample of the book routledge.com/go/language-fo… anna branagan @Melaniespeechie

'Every hour her son is away from school is a lost opportunity to learn and build a better future for himself, she said.'

Another unfortunate exclusion example. Every student has a right to learn in-class, alongside their peers in their community.

nationalpost.com/feature/the-ex…

Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers theguardian.com/books/2023/dec…

Very excited to be joining the launch this morning via zoom and looking forward to hearing from other authors! I have co-authored a chapter on 'Inclusive Education as a Human Right' The Centre for Inclusive Education #InclusiveEducation #DisabilityRightsAreHumanRights

Yesterday was a memorable day. I attended #WAEA23 to cheer on my children's AMAZING public high school as finalist for an #InclusiveEducation award & hear Tony Buti apologise for students with disability let down by the education system & announce a legislation review 1/

#Insiders Here we go again Sam with comments about education funding not being the answer. Sector blind commentary. Must do something about teaching. OK let’s journo- government schools need 100% of SRS to meet student need, equity, teacher shortage - a decade of funding failure

Our case-based survey study is now published! Alyssa Kuiack
Identifying and describing developmental language disorder in children - Kuiack - International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

The idea we need to build schools for kids being failed by mainstream education, so that they can be 'fixed' and re-enter mainstream education is truly the Emperor's New Clothes. Here's a thought - fix mainstream education so it does not fail some children.

Excellent article by The Centre for Inclusive Education team Prof Linda J. Graham & Callula Killingly on 'multi tiered systems of support' in schools and strategies that can be used as alternatives to suspension - which disproportionally affect First Nations and disabled students.

theconversation.com/school-suspens…