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Proposed changes to special education support

The Department of Education and Training is attempting to change the way special education support is delivered to students in regular schools.

Special Education Support Email Protest Form

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Send this email protest to:	Kristina Keneally, Premier of NSW Barry O'Farrell, Leader of the Opposition The Hon. Verity Helen FIRTH, BA, LLB MP
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Your message: (this letter can be changed to suit your individual circumstances)	I wish to express my opposition to proposals of the DET to change Special Education Support for students in regular schools. These proposals if implemented would; - dilute or eliminate specialist expertise and knowledge in a range of Special Education programs and services including Autism, Behaviour, Mental Health, Reading and Language - replace these Specialist programs with a generic provision of individual teachers being expected to be "experts" on all forms of disability, learning difficulty and behaviour disorder often with inadequate or no training or experience - change funding allocations from a basis of identified student need to a generic allocation based on "prevalence". - This will mean that many students/schools will receive inadequate or no funding support Other consequences of these proposals are; - these changes to funding support will "cap" support funding for students with Autism and Mental Health Disorders at 2009 levels, this will lead to diminishing funding over time and as needs increase - there has been no evaluation, review or consultation in relation to existing programs or services, while the DET is engaged in sham "consultation" in relation to its proposals - the proposed implementation in 2010 will lead to massive disruptions to individual students, teachers and school programs - the DET is "hiding" the details of its implementation plans leaving 1900 teachers in "the dark" as to their immediate future, including their location and responsibilities For all the above reasons I call on the Minister Verity Firth to immediately announce that the DET proposals will not be implemented in 2010! Further that any proposals for change will be subject to extensive and open evaluation, review and consultation with all concerned, including those directly affected by any such proposals. I also call on the NSW Government and Opposition to commit to a substantial increase in resources for all students with disabilities of all kinds in Public Schools.

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