...Belonging Our Catholic schools offer a safe and
Team partners with our schools to ensure
INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
welcoming environment for all students.
resources and innovative options are
With friendly and collaborative staff,
available to affirm inclusion as part of the
SERVICES WITHIN
we put belonging at the forefront.
apostolate of the Catholic school, not
Wellbeing and care are critical to
an optional add on,” said Kimberlee.
positive communities of learning. Kimberlee Lynch, Townsville Catholic Education’s Inclusive Education Team Coordinator said that inclusive education is not just ensuring that all students with a disability are able to participate in curriculum and have the same opportunities as their peers, but also how schools are developed and designed, including learning
“We believe that students with a disability should be present and fully participating in the same environment as their peers, learning the same age-appropriate curriculum, with necessary support and adjustments,” said Kimberlee Lynch. The Inclusive Education team works within the schools educating teachers and school staff not just about best practices, but around the way of thinking about people, diversity, learning and teaching.
There are a number of specialised services within the Inclusive Education
"An education in the fullness of humanity should be the defining feature of Catholic schools. An inclusive education finds a place for all and does not select in an elitist way the beneficiaries of its efforts." - Pope Francis.
environments and activities so that all students can learn and participate together.
OUR SCHOOLS:
“A successful model of inclusion
Team who work closely with the Learning and Teaching team to collaborate on dioscean wide initiatives, and collaborate with external agencies to ensure students continuity and consistency of care.
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS • Support teachers with planning
purposefully arranges the learning
and ensuring all tasks are
environment, designs curriculum and
accessible to all students with
instruction to meet the needs of all students
language/literacy needs.
and delivers evidence-based intervention through quality learning and teaching.”
• Provides evidence-based Professional Development to schools to support
With no one size fits all approach, each
their knowledge and understanding
TCE school believes that all students
of speech, language, literacy and
belong in our communities and the
Augmentative and Alternative
Inclusive Education Team supports our
Communication (AAC) student
schools, to share the skills and experience
needs, and plan for how to cater for
of our Speech Language Pathologists,
these students within classrooms.
Hearing Impairment specialists, Inclusion
• Support teachers with using
“Being ‘accessible to all students’ is
specialists and English as an Additional
a defining characteristic of a Catholic
and embedding use of any
Language or Dialect specialist.
AAC devices within classrooms
school and the TCE Inclusive Education
and whole school activities. • Support early identification of speech, language and literacy needs through the Early Years referral screening process. • Work collaboratively with the wider Inclusive Education team within our schools to support students using the wealth of knowledge each team member can provide.
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Collaborative planning session
