Academics David Trembath, Andrew Whitehouse, Hannah Waddington, and Kandice Varcin, examined the research evidence on 111 autism early intervention approaches. Here's what they found. Every parent wants the best for their child on the autism spectrum, but navigating the maze of interventions can be tiring, costly...
Scholarships offer many bonuses to recipients and their schools, writes Donna Reis. ...
Australia will be among the first countries to launch the LEGO Braille Bricks with hundreds of tool kits to be distributed by Vision Australia to schools and institutes that have children who are blind or have low vision. Playing LEGO with her younger brother Simon in...
Four lecturers from Monash’s Faculty of Education, reflect here on their experience of teaching in an enforced online situation – how they attempted to address teacher-student relationships, and maintain connections with their students. The importance of teacher-student relationships in the classroom, and the impact it...
Not everything can be taught at school. So here are some educational activities for kids that will help them gain some handy life skills. ...
Group tables, ottomans and gym balls: kids told us why flexible furniture helps them learn, write Julia E. Morris and Wesley Imms. The COVID pandemic has meant many students learnt from home for a lot of the year. But with schools returning to normal across Australia,...
Victoria and NSW are funding extra tutors to help struggling students, write Julie Sonnemann and Jordana Hunter. Here's what parents need to know about the schemes School is back for 2021, and some students will get extra help this year. Students who fell behind in their...
Will that set them back? asks Elizabeth Rouse, Students in the first year of school to Year 10 have been learning remotely and it’s estimated first-year students in Victoria in areas that have been under lockdown for some time have missed around 12 weeks of classroom...
Results from the longest running large-scale international assessment of maths and science show Australia has significantly improved in Year 8 maths and science, and Year 4 science, reports Sue Thomson More than 580,000 students from 64 countries participated in the latest Trends in International Mathematics and...
As Australia emerges from COVID-19, many have lost their jobs and businesses, resulting in high levels of mental distress, report Dr Barbara Broadway, Dr Julie Moschion and Dr Susan Méndez, particularly among parents. And the distress extends across all Australia’s states and territories, not just...
