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May 19, 2017
Emma Pierce, ECIA NSW/ACT Inclusion Coordinator reflects on the positive influence fads and trends can have on social inclusion in the primary school playground.
May 11, 2017
Child psychologist, Amelia Hawkins poses a number of pertinent questions around professional collaboration.
April 19, 2017
Speech Pathologist, Esther Joliffe reflects on the learnings and benefits of a career move from private practice to a not-for-profit early childhood intervention service in regional NSW.
April 6, 2017
Families often talk about the range of strong emotions experienced around the time of diagnosis of disability for their child and there is research sbout the influence of the way a diagnosis is received impacting on families for years to come. In this blog, Jessica Maccallum, Social Worker from the Disability Specialist Unit, Burwood talks about the ways she works with families around the time of diagnosis, and a checklist she uses to ensure information and support is responsively and consistently provided.
March 16, 2017
Ithia Farah shares an innovative program which supports inclusion through drawing and symbolic representation. As the facilitator, parents and other professionals and children draw their feelings, experiences and opinions, they started to unpack bias.