Special Education and Wellbeing
A range of provision and support services is available in the Northern Territory for children with disabilities and additional learning needs. The types of educational options available are:
- Inclusion in regular classrooms with consultative support
- Inclusion in regular classrooms with additional support
- Inclusion in regular classrooms with withdrawal support
- Special Educational facilities.
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 Employment, 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 contained in a document entitled 'Intervention First', which is available in all schools.
- Student Services Division key dates Term 2, 2008 (pdf 33Kb) - Information about our key dates including professional learning.
Specialist knowledge and support
Disability and support
- Early Childhood Invention
- Educational Psychologists / Guidance
- Hearing impairment
- Transition from School
- Vision impairment
- Special Education consultants
Wellbeing and pathways
- Health promoting schools
- Alternative Education
- Behaviour
- Building relationships and school wellbeing
- School Counsellors
- Safe Schools NT
Initiatives
School attendance
Therapy Services including speech pathology, occupational therapy and physiotherapy are available to schools through School Therapy Services. These services are provided by the Department of Health and Community Services in conjunction with the Department of Employment, Education and Training.
Parents or caregivers with individual concerns about special education learning needs should talk to the classroom teacher or school principal in the first instance.
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 & Rural Phone: (08) 8999 8759 Fax: (08) 8999 8736 |
Alice Springs / Tennant Creek Phone: (08) 8951 7054 Fax: (08) 8951 7057 |
| Katherine & Rivers Phone: (08) 8973 8914 Fax: (08) 8973 8934 |