Disabled students suffer from outdated approaches to accommodating their behavior with the manage and discipline model used in schools being out of line with their needs.
   The lack of an appropriate way of accommodating these students also leads to their neglect and exclusion from education and therefore a meaningful career. Experts say the problem was likely to get worse as Victorian schools re-opened.
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The Sydney Opera House’s new video series, Maths of the Sydney Opera House, developed in collaboration with Eddie Woo, award-winning maths teacher and star of the popular YouTube channel Wootube will run every Wednesday for four weeks.
   The four-part series uses the construction of the Opera House and design solutions of its architect Jørn Utzon to teach mathematical concepts.
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Bodies supporting underprivileged and special needs students have welcomed the Vic government’s deployment of 4100 tutors to support learning in 2021.
   Amaze, which is the peak body representing autistic students and Teach for Australia both said the initiative was a step in the right direction. Amaze also recommended that autism training be available for any of the 4100 tutors who may require it.
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We’ve all had to have ‘the talk’ at some stage or several talks, necessary but uncomfortable conversations about sex, drugs, periods, mental health...
   They can be a bit embarrassing for everyone involved, so what if there was a resource that helped teachers and parents broach these subjects with kids and made the process easier?
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With a global pandemic adding a large dose of extra anxiety into the lives of our students and staff alike, having the tools and confidence to ask about mental health is more critical than ever.
   While it’s too soon for any large-scale research on how the coronavirus outbreak will impact our young people in the long-term, we are already seeing mental health issues being exacerbated by the pandemic.
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As Year 12 students enter the final leg of an unusually challenging school year the key to coping lies in being adaptable and realising that there’s more than one way to skin a cat.
   Scientia professor Andrew Martin, UNSW Sydney thinks that being adaptable in their behaviours, attitudes and emotions can help students to achieve better educational outcomes.
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