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Originally Posted by wildbriz
Hi
I'm new to the forum, and what a great forum it is.
Please can anyone let me know if the level of classroom assistance for autistic children has improved in the last few years?
We lived in Brisbane with three children all born in Brisbane. One is autistic (high functioning) and could only recieve 20 minutes a day (the maximum we were told) of one on one help when he was included in the mainstream classroom. In the end we had to drag him to school because he was so unhappy. We looked at other schools and other states but could not find a more prommissing option than returning to the UK.
He now gets 3 hours one on one a day and is doing tremendously.
But we do miss Australia and the more possitive things it has to offer.
We would like to return someday.
If anyone has information on this please let us know as this is particularly difficult information to gather and there's nothing better than personal experiences.
Cheers
wildbriz
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Hi There,
As a special needs teacher I have been looking into inclusion within schools in Aus with a hope to contining work in this sector.
From what I can gather they are very much behind the UK's inclusion policy and Aus is still pro schools which cater entirely for children with specific needs.
I have come across this website
http://www.activ.asn.au/parentportal...nd_name=Autism which covers most syndroms/conditions. There are several areas to the site such as links for other websites and chat forums.
Hope that something on this link can help answer your questions.
Hugs Karen x
