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Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with Disabilities
Disability, Education and
Child Development
Research in Special Education Conference 9 November 2012
Jo Shearer - Executive Officer
Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with Disabilities
History Established in 1988 as
Special Education Ministerial Consultative Committee
Change of name in 1989 to Special Education Consultative Committee
From 1994 Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with Disabilities (MAC:SWD)
From 1 August 2011 Unit of Office of Non-Government Schools and Services
Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with Disabilities
Office of Non-Government Schools and Services
Advisory Committee of Non-Government Schools
Planning Committee for Non-Government Schools
Ethnic Schools Board Multicultural Education Committee Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with
Disabilities
Ministerial Advisory Committee: Students with Disabilities
MembershipChairperson – Ms Margaret Wallace
Minister’s Nominees Parents Student Professional Aboriginal representative
Representatives Education sectors Unions Australian Association of Special Education (AASE) Early Childhood Australia Department for Communities and Social Inclusion: Disabiltiy Service National Disability Services Subcommittee: Children, Young People
and their Families
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MAC: SWD Secretariat
Executive Officer 0.8 FTE(Jo Shearer)
Administrative Officers (2) 0.6 FTE
(Maria De Fazio, Vicki Castle)
Project and Policy Officers (2) 1.0 FTE
(Skye Yuill, Miriam Parsons) 0.5 FTE
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MAC: SWD Role and Purpose
Distribution of Australian and State Government funding to non-government organisations that provide services to children and students with a disability through Early Years Intervention Programs and Schools Support Programs in preschools and schools across the three education sectors.
Research projects in the area of special education/disability at the request of the Minister.
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2012 Allocations State Government Programs
Women and Children’s Health Service – Access Assistants Program Families SA - Children in Residential Care Tutoring MAC: SWD - Joint Sector Intensive & Crisis Support
Specific Purpose Payments to Non-Government Programs (COAG National Education Agreement)
Non-Government Centres Support funding
$7,140,000
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Access Assistants Program
supports students with disability who have complex health support needs.
Access Assistant Health Support Officers who are credentialed workers who provide direct health care for students
provide direct complex and invasive health care
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Families SA Tutoring Program (CIRC)
Children and young people with disability who require extra tutoring to participate in their school curriculum.
CIRC tutoring services must be tied to a Education Plan for the student with disability
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Non-Government Centres Support Funding
Non-government organisations that provider services to children and students with disability in agreement with the three education sectors
not-for-profit not managed by, or on behalf of the government not a school
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Funding Process
Funding is provided retrospectivelyBased on services provided over
previous 4 terms (terms 3 & 4; terms 1 & 2)Data reports are received twice per year in
April and AugustGrants are determined after August dataFor the duration of one calendar yearFunding is supplementary
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Funding Model from 2011
MAC: SWD restructured the funding model in response to education sector requests
for more intensive service provided by non-government organisations receiving Non-Government Centres Support Funding.
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Funding Model
3 ElementsGeneral Support — 30% of all fundingSpecific Service Support — 60% of all fundingOutreach Support — 10% of all funding
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General Support – 30% Expert advice to staff in relation to child’s
specific needsConsultation with teacher/educator
– Curriculum planning– Programming– Assessment of environment
Observations leading to education planMeetings with staff (e.g. NEP)
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Specific Service Support – 60%Service providers must work directly with the
child at preschool/school– Speech pathology services – Occupational therapy services– Physiotherapy services– Auditory-verbal therapy– Individual intensive support– Developmental educator support– Specialist psychiatric services.
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Outreach Support – 10%
Support provided in country regions, as defined in the South Australian Government’s Regional Boundaries.
DECS Regions– 8 Eyre and Western– 9 Far North– 10 Limestone Coast– 11 Murray and Mallee– 12 Yorke and Mid North– with the inclusion of Kangaroo Island
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Verification of Service Delivery
School Support -
by education sector representatives to MAC:SWD
Early Intervention -
by MAC:SWD secretariat staff
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Organisations Funded
Early Intervention and School Support: Autism SA Cora Barclay Centre Down Syndrome Society Guide Dogs Association Novita Children’s Services Townsend House/CanDo4Kids
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Organisations Funded
Early Intervention only: Inclusive Directions Early Development Program
(Uniting Care Wesley: Port Adelaide – Seaton Central) Miriam High Special Needs Centre
(City of Port Augusta – Miriam High Centre) Special Needs Playgroup
(Lower Eyre Peninsula Council – Poonindie Preschool)
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Intensive & Crisis Support
Urgent response required Unpredictable in nature Short term Supplementary
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Intensive & Crisis Support Process Application to Policy Advisor, Interagency Health Care
CESA Special Education Adviser or AISSA Special Education Adviser
Negotiations between sector representatives and MAC:SWD
Approval Funds paid directly to sites by MAC:SWD upon receipt
of tax invoice after support has finished
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MAC: SWD funds services to approximately
4000 children and students with
disability each year
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Research Projects 2002 - 2010Aboriginal Children and Students with disabilityAutism Spectrum DisorderParent Choice and Student VoiceMental HealthBehaviour ManagementEquipment & TechnologyPD for School Services OfficersPhysical Education and students with disabilityEarly Childhood Services and Transition Information
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Aboriginal Children and Students
2002 - 03 2005 - 06 2009
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Autism Spectrum Disorder2005 - 06 20101999 - 2000
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Research Projects 2011 - 2012Equipment for Children and Students with Disability Information Resource UpdateDisability Services and Children’s Centres for Early
Childhood DevelopmentChild Protection Resource for Parents and CarersKidsMatter Early Childhood EvaluationData Reporting Template
(Inform funding allocations)
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Influences on Care and Education Services 1984 – Equal Opportunity Act 1992 – Disability Discrimination Act 1994 – Salamanca Statement
“Education for All” 1997 – MAC:SWD
“Schools for All” 2005 – Disability Standards for Education 2005 – DECD Students with Disabilities Policy
(revised) 2006 – AISSA Students with Disabilities, Enrolment Guidelines
(revised) 2007 – Department of Education and Children’s Services
“On the Same Basis” 2010 – CESA Students with Disability Policy (revised) 2011 – Review Disability Standards for
Education (August 2012)
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“Every chance for every child”2012
Universal Systems of Care and Education Targeted Programs Development of Professional Capacity Technology Advancement Family and Professional Partnerships Launch National Disability Insurance Scheme Choice and Quality of Life
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ContactMinisterial Advisory Committee:
Students with Disabilities
15th Floor31 Flinders StreetEducation BuildingPhone: 8226 3632