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provision of equitable access is an obligation of the New
South Wales Governments social justice strategy and is in
keeping with the NSW Charter for Equity in Education and Training(1997),
the Disability Discrimination Act (1992) and the NSW Governments
Disability Policy Framework (1999).
Students
with a disability may participate in HSC VET courses when
they are undertaking a pattern of study leading to the award
of an HSC. This includes students who are undertaking a Stage
6 Special Program of Study.
With
appropriate support, students with disabilities may access
all HSC VET courses through standard course arrangements.
Students
who are eligible for a Special Program of Study may also participate
in these courses through Access Program options.
Eligibility
for SSP HSC
has
completed at least 4 Generic Life Skills courses in Stage
5; or
has attempted
regular syllabuses for the SC but has experienced significant
difficulty; or
transfers
from interstate or overseas; or
has a deteriorating
condition
have
Individual transition Plan (ITP)
Access
Program Option
These
options recognise that these students may require additional
time to achieve competence, but they are not separate courses.
They allow students to undertake fewer units of competency/modules
within an approved course and timeframe (as identified in
students ITP) than would normally be required. Students may
undertake access program option:
School Delivered
VET - in all 7 Industry Curriculum Frameworks
TAFE Delivered
VET - in all T VET Courses
Individual
Transition Planning
Individual
Transition Planning involving student, parent and school personnel
identifies the most appropriate vocational pathway and mode
of study for
the student taking into account
Students
strengths interests and abilities
Work
experience Stage 5
Prerequisite skills for particular industry eg Literacy,
numeracy, physical capacity
Level of classroom and workplace support required
Available
Support
VET Disability
Support Funding to support classroom delivery and work placement
Stage 6 Industry
Curriculum Frameworks Support Document for Students with Special
Education Needs
District
Vocational Education Consultant
Support Teacher
Transition
Process
for Accessing Funding
School
Delivered VET
Schools receive
applications Term 4 for classroom support (for following year)
Schools receive
applications in Term 1 for work placement support
STT will give
schools support in the application process
TAFE Delivered
VET
Schools receive
applications Term 4 for TAFE classroom support (for following
year)
TAFE receives
applications in Term 1 for work placement support
STT (Support
teacher Transition) will give schools support in the application
process
Process
for Accessing TVET
Application
in line with mainstream process
- included
on the school summary sheet
- identify
students disability on summary sheet
- contact
needs to be made with STT
- identified
on ESS (if not if in support unit)
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