Students with disability

Every child or young person is welcome to learn at their local ACT public school. Our school is committed to removing barriers so all students can access learning. Quality teaching practice helps all students, and our teachers make adjustments for students who need them to ensure they successfully access and participate in learning and school activities.

Adjustments for students may include:

• providing extra visual cues and information
• breaking down tasks or presenting them in a different way
• providing more practice of learning tasks or repetition
• checking for understanding
• changes to the environment
• providing other ways for a student to communicate
• strategies to meet a student’s sensory needs
• access to quiet spaces to assist with regulation.

These adjustments might be made in a smaller group learning situation and at times the class teacher may be assisted by another educator.

Read more about how students with disability are supported in ACT public schools.

Harrison School is inclusive, catering for all students and their diverse learning needs.  We offer two Disability Education programs for identified students.

These include;

• The Inclusion Support Program, which resources reasonable adjustments in a general education classroom with same-aged peers.
• A Disability Education program, which typically offers a smaller class size, a quiet space for regulation, as well as time learning with same-aged peers.