What's reasonable?
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Adjustments are made for each individual student....
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Consulting on adjustments
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Consultation
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Under the Disability Standards for Education 2005, education providers must consult with the student or their parent, guardian, carer or other associate before making a reasonable adjustment. Other peo...
Legal exceptions
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On rare occasions, schools are not required to make adjustments....
What's fair?
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Adjustments are designed to enable a student to learn on the same basis as others. However, ‘the same’ is not always ‘fair’. Reasonable adjustments support students with disability to access education like other stude...
Getting support
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Schools provide a variety of general support services to all their students. It may be necessary to make adjustments to ensure that students with disability can access these services. When students have special needs,...
Meetings toolkit
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Federal law states that students with disability have the right to be consulted before the education provider makes adjustments to enable them to participate in education on the same basis as students without disabili...
Requesting a meeting
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When to call a meeting
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It is okay for students and parents to ask for a meeting.
Being prepared
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Collect all relevant information....
Managing emotions
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Strong emotions
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Prepare by writing and rehearsing
Keeping records
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A record of a meeting is a summary of the main points discussed, including what decisions and actions were agreed at the meeting, when they will occur, who will carry them out, and when they will be reviewed....