Special education and wellbeing
Special education
A range of support services is available for children with disabilities and additional learning needs.
Children may be:
- included in regular classrooms with consultative support
- included in regular classrooms with additional support
- included in regular classrooms with withdrawal support
- enrolled in a special educationl facility.
Students with special needs have the right to access an inclusive curriculum that is broad, balanced and relevant and meets individual needs. All schools in the Northern Territory make this provision and parents or caregivers are able to select either a mainstream school or special placement for their child.
The Department of Education and Training provides support services, specialised equipment and resources and professional development activities for school staff. Processes for accessing specific programs and assessments are outlined in a document called ‘Intervention First’, which is available in all schools.
- Autism Education Services
- Building Excellence in Special Education
- Early Childhood Intervention Services
- Hearing Impairment Services
- School Psychologists and Gifted Education
- Special Education Services
- Special Education Needs Resourcing (SENR)
- Students with Disabilities Policy and support materials
- Therapy Services
- Transition from School Services
- Vision Impairment Services
Wellbeing
The wellbeing of a school has a strong impact on the quality of teaching and learning that takes place. We have a range of programs and initiatives to support the development of positive relationships between students, teachers, parents, the school and wider community:
- Alternative Education
- Behaviour
- Building relationships and school wellbeing
- Health Promoting Schools
- Safe Schools NT
- Student safety factsheet for parents (pdf 23Kb)
- School counsellors
Contacts
Email: student.services@nt.gov.au.
| Darwin City / Northern Suburbs Phone: (08) 8999 8724 Fax: (08) 8999 8725 |
Arnhem Phone: (08) 8987 0451 Fax: (08) 8987 0464 |
| Palmerston and Rural Phone: (08) 8999 8759 Fax: (08) 8999 8736 |
Alice Springs / Tennant Creek Phone: (08) 8951 7054 Fax: (08) 8951 7057 |
| Katherine and Rivers Phone: (08) 8973 8914 Fax: (08) 8973 8934 |