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Special Education Unit
Thursday Island P-7 School
Summer St, Thursday Island
QLD 4875
p: 07 40692279
f: 07 40691950		  

sample image1Malu Os is a Cluster Special Education Unit. Malu Os supports students who have a disability and attend Tagai State College or Northern Peninsula Area College.
In 2007 Malu Os has 5.5 Advisory Teachers (ATs). The Head of Special Education Services (HOSES) and 3 ATs are based on Thursday Island (TI) and 1.5 teachers are based at Bamaga. Malu Os also support very young children who have a disability. Students can also receive support from our occupational therapist and physiotherapist who are based in Cairns and our speech language pathologist who is based on TI.

sample image2Malu Os has a beautiful new special education facility that is used by all children who attend the Thursday Island P-7 School. This facility has a kitchen, laundry, bathroom, offices and 2 large classrooms. All rooms are fully accessible for all children. The facility is used for classes and also for interagency professional development on the island.

sample image3Advisory Teachers work with staff, children and families at different campuses across Tagai State College and Northern Peninsula Area College ( a total of 20 campuses!)
Advisory Teachers assist staff to make adjustments for students with disabilities to access and participate in the Bound For Success Curriculum.

sample image6Staff are required to adjustments in the areas of Curriculum, Communication, Learning Environment and Access, Personal Care, Health and Safety and Social and Emotional Wellbeing. Heads of Campuses and the Head of Special Education Services (HOSES) of Malu Os are responsible for ensuring adjustments are being made, professional development is available for staff and the process is documented in each child’s Educational Adjustment Profile (EAP).
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Malu Os staff assist schools to implement the 5 Point Plan that provides a systematic approach to ensuring that all campuses are making adjustments to cater for learning needs of children who have a conductive hearing loss.

The Education Adjustment Profile (EAP) records

1. The Adjustments being made for a child. The 6 key areas are Curriculum, Communication, Social and Emotional Wellbeing, Health and Safety, Personal Care and Learning Environment and Access

2. The frequency of the adjustments. Do they happen once a term, once a week, once a day or more often?

Click the link below for more ideas about adjustments for your classroom

Managing Learning for Diversity Package

http://education.qld.gov.au/staff/learning/diversity/

These are some examples of ADJUSTMENTS in the Torres Strait.

CURRICULUM

  • Ongoing continuos assistance with extremely high degrees of repetition occurs daily. (Annie Elu, TI)
  • Extensive use of specific teaching supports more frequently than once per day. (Juanita Kiwiri, TI)
  • Specific instruction for some learning activities. (Tarita Gimini, TI)
  • Specially prepared materials that reflect required adjustment are developed on a weekly basis. (Lisa Skeehan, TI)
  • Ongoing continuous assistance from support personel with extremely high degrees of repetition (TI)
  • Planning is adjusted on a weekly basis (Melissa Peach, TI) (word doc)
  • Example of LESSON CONTENT being adjusted continuosly throughout day (Cathy and Melissa, TI) (word doc)
  • Moderated Task Yr 5 Stone chips to Micro chips (Malu Os teachers) (word doc)

COMMUNICATION

  • Training in the use of specific language skills is delivered more than once per day. (Sandie Gooderham, T.I.)
  • Specific communication skills taught by teacher on a weekly basis. (Sue Jenkins, St Pauls)
  • Team of professionals meet once per term to discuss and plan communication goals. (teachers, GOs, tutors, TI)
  • Monitoring and assistance with personal amplification devices occurs on a daily basis. (Robyn Whittred, TI)
  • Monitoring and assistance with use of augmentative and alternative communication systems occur on a daily basis (Sue Dudley)
  • Assistance through the use of visual aids is provided on a daily basis (Preprep, TI)
  • Visual aids are incorporated in the program within all curricuum areas on a weekly basis, Yr 5 Task. (Amanda Adams, TI)

SOCIAL PARTICIPATION and EMOTIONAL WELLBEING

  • Teaching of specific skills in the classroom context to develop friendships and increase participation occurs on a daily basis (Linley Halliday, Kubin)
  • Explicit attention to how one deals with a disability is incorporated into classroom activities (Saibai)
  • PowerPoint Presentation- Managing Challenging Behaviour

SAFETY

  • Programs encouraging safe behaviours are implemented on a daily basis. (Maggie Beetham, Yam)
  • Example of a Risk Managment Plan (word doc)

HEALTH and PERSONAL CARE

  • Consultation and planning about health care procedures occurs once per term
  • Example of an Emergency Seizure Plan (word doc)
  • Example of a Toileting Plan (word doc)
  • Example of Safe Eating Plan (word doc)
  • Example of a Risk Management Plan (word doc)

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT/ACCESS

  • Adaptations to the environment require adjustments on a daily basis - footrest. (Annie Elu, TI)

 
 

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