Promoting quality education and wellbeing for students with disability in the regular classroom.

Family Advocacy, supported by the NSW Department of Education, is looking for parent and teacher input to develop an open framework developed by and for educators and families to use as a basis, guide or support in their collaboration.

If you are a parent or educator of a child living with disability and you have worked collaboratively, focussed on the individual student and what was required to achieve a quality educational and wellbeing experience in the regular classroom, we would like to get your input by completing a 10-minute survey.

Please Focus on the factors that contributed to the successful collaboration – more so than the content /outcomes of the collaboration.

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* 1. Are you a parent or an educator of a student requiring adjustments or supports in a mainstream classroom in NSW?

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* 2. Have you worked collaboratively with parents/educators to support students living with disability in the regular classroom?

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* 3. What part of the NSW Education System are you in?

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* 4. Is your experience in the Primary or High school years?

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* 5. What disabilities do the student/s you have supported identify with?

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* 6. What were the basic foundations of the collaboration? (choose one or more)

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* 7. What was essential to define at the start of the collaboration?

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* 8. What was the greatest contributor to achieving common ground and common goals?

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* 9. What was the greatest rapport building strategy/technique /experience?

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* 10. What knowledge of school practices was helpful to the relationship?

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* 11. What tools/strategies were useful along the way?

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* 12. What knowledge shared from/as a parent was essential?

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* 13. What knowledge shared from/as an educator was essential?

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* 14. What frame of mind was needed from the parent in the collaboration?

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* 15. What frame of mind was needed from the educator in the collaboration?

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* 16. Was the student involved in the collaboration? If so, how?

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* 17. Were staff other than classroom teacher (Learning and support teacher/executive/support teachers/counsellor or others) involved in the collaboration? If so, who and what contribution did they make (positive or negative)?

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* 18. Were there any school policies or processes that supported collaborative engagement?

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* 19. Were external practitioners/parties used? If so, who/how/how often/for what purpose?

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* 20. Where there any stumbling blocks during the collaboration?

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* 21. What were the processes followed/key contributors to keeping the collaboration intact when issues or crisis occurred or conflict arose?

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* 22. In hindsight, what upfront knowledge do you feel would have been useful given as/received from parents?

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* 23. In hindsight, what upfront knowledge do you feel would  have been useful given as/received from educators?

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* 24. In hindsight, what additional knowledge from/as parents do you feel could have been helpful?

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* 25. In hindsight, what additional knowledge from/as an educator do you feel could have been useful?

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* 26. Thank you very much we really value your involvement. We will be sure to be in touch and share our Framework with you as it evolves.

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