Education Department of Western Australia
School of Special Educational Needs: Disability
Funding - The long and the short of it.
The Department of Education does not provide specific funding for students with a learning disability. This means that they are not funded for a Teacher Assistant or for specialist teacher support in the classroom.
The support the Department of Education of Western Australia does provide is support to teachers and schools.
The school can apply to the School of Special Education Needs: Disability - Learning Disability Education Service to have a Consulting Teacher from the team visit the school. The Learning Disability team can then provide the school assistance with;
If you would like your school to request this service your principal will need to submit in a "Learning Disabilities Education Service - Request for Service" form from the Departments website.
The Department of Education does not provide specific funding for students with a learning disability. This means that they are not funded for a Teacher Assistant or for specialist teacher support in the classroom.
The support the Department of Education of Western Australia does provide is support to teachers and schools.
The school can apply to the School of Special Education Needs: Disability - Learning Disability Education Service to have a Consulting Teacher from the team visit the school. The Learning Disability team can then provide the school assistance with;
- Strategies
- Programs
- Problem solving
- Suggestions for assessments
- Provide school based workshops for teachers and staff.
If you would like your school to request this service your principal will need to submit in a "Learning Disabilities Education Service - Request for Service" form from the Departments website.
All schools cope with meeting the needs of learning disabilities in different ways and to varying degrees.
The way I tackle this issue is to take responsibility for my daughters learning myself. This is not to say I teach her but I am her advocate, I seek out services, make requests of the school and teachers. I try really hard to keep the school on side. If I come across a road block with the school I work a way around the situation, after having a good rant and cry at home. I have to come up with alternatives and solutions.
These kids are generally not catered for well in our school systems here in WA or around the world. The whole "square peg in round hole" come to mind. We as parents have to learn what DOES work and CAN be done and work within the limitations of the system.
The way I tackle this issue is to take responsibility for my daughters learning myself. This is not to say I teach her but I am her advocate, I seek out services, make requests of the school and teachers. I try really hard to keep the school on side. If I come across a road block with the school I work a way around the situation, after having a good rant and cry at home. I have to come up with alternatives and solutions.
These kids are generally not catered for well in our school systems here in WA or around the world. The whole "square peg in round hole" come to mind. We as parents have to learn what DOES work and CAN be done and work within the limitations of the system.
I have had limited experience with the Catholic or private school systems in Western Australia however I do know that teachers in all school settings are challenged by the increasingly diverse range of abilities of kids in schools these days. They have a tough job and I do not believe a school or teacher can realistically provide everything our Dyslexic kids need to learn well. We have to take up that challenge!