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Student Disability
Personnel |
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| Denise Kotsikas , Manager- Student Services Ph: 9265 2400, Fax: 9265 2444 |
| Marilyn McKeown, School Development Officer, Disability & Impairments Ph: 9265 2419, Fax: 9265 2444 |
The Programs for Students with Disabilities provides additional support to either a regular school or one of the various specialist schools for eligible students with disabilities and impairments. (Disabilities and impairments are defined by criteria based on guidelines set by the World Health Organization.)
The Program is designed to provide schools with additional support to enable this group of students to access an age-comparative educational program.
The Program is an additional program for a specific, defined student population with significant disabilities and impairments. The majority of students within this population are identified with a disability or impairment prior to commencing school or early in the school years. There are also a small number of students who, as a result of a serious illness during their school years, will require consideration for school based support under this program.
All government schools have been provided with information regarding the procedures and processes to be followed where it is considered that a child has a disability and impairment and additional support is required for adequate access to educational opportunity. Please contact the school your child is currently attending for further information.
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Program for Students with a Disability
| Organisations | |
| Action on Disability in Ethnic Communities (ADEC) | Ph: 9383 5566 |
| Association for Children with a Disability | Ph: 9500 1232 |
| Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDVIC) | Ph: 9890 2144 |
| Asperger Syndrome Support Network (ASSN) | Ph: 9845 2766 |
| Autism Victoria | Ph: 9885 0533 |
| Carers Association Victoria | Ph: 9396 9500 |
| Cerebral Palsy Support Network | Ph: 9300 3901 |
| Down Syndrome Association of Victoria | Ph: 9830 2122 |
| Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria | Ph: 9805 9111 |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association | Ph: 9320 9555 |
| Parents of Hearing Impaired Children Victorian Federation | Ph: 9772 1260 |
| Parent Support Network – Eastern Region Inc | Ph: 9853 3229 |
| Parentline | Ph: 13 2289 |
| Pradre-Willi Syndrome Association of Victoria | Ph: 9735 5199 |
| Rett Syndrome Association of Australia | Ph: 0418 561 796 |
| Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind | Ph: 9761 0011 |
| Spina Bifida Association | Ph: 9362 6111 |
| Tourettes Syndrome Association | Ph: 9845 2700 |
