Education
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Public Education
Department of Education and Training (DET)
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/
Department of Education and Training: Disability Services
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/disabilityaccess/
NSW Public Schools: Disability Programs
Three primary types of support are available for students with Autism in Department of Education schools.
1. Regular classroom placement (with or without some teacher's aide assistance).
2. Placement in a support class, some classes are autism specific and run by Aspect, and some are general special needs classes. These can be I.M. (mild to moderate disability) or O.M. (moderate to severe disability).
3. Placement in a Special School (SSP).
Visit www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/programs/disability.php or call 131 536.
Private Education
Association of Independant Schools
http://www.aisnsw.edu.au/Main/
Woodbury Autism Education and Research
Woodbury, located in Baulkham Hills, is an independent school for children with Autism aged 4 to 15 years. The school offers Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs to each child, as well as complying with all Board of Studies requirements.
www.woodbury.org.au
Giant Steps
Giant steps school is located in Gladesville, Sydney and caters for students up to 18 years who have a primary diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder and associated developmental delay.
http://www.giantsteps.net.au/
ASPECT
ASPECT
Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) operates six schools catering for children 4 to 16 years in New South Wales, located in the Sydney metropolitan region, the Hunter region, the Central Coast region and the South Coast. Aspect also operates over 50 satellite classes within mainstream schools across the state. Some outreach and early intervention services are also available to schools on a fee-for-service basis.
http://www.aspect.org.au/our%20services/schools.asp
Catholic Education
All dioceses in the Sydney region advise parents to contact their local parish school in the first instance, about one year ahead of placement. Wherever appropriate, students are placed in an inclusive mainstream setting. Some schools have special needs teachers and some limited teacher's aide time may be allocated. All dioceses have some satellite classes run by Aspect.
Diocese of Parramatta
There are 76 Catholic schools (54 primary and 22 secondary) in the Diocese of Parramatta. Contact the Catholic Education Office on (02) 9840 5600.
http://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/
Diocese of Sydney
Contact Debbie Gilmore: Head Office (02) 9568 8209 debbie.gilmre@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
Inner West: Jenni Trew (02) 9643 3650 jenni.trew@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
South Sydney: Mary Cloren (02) 9772 7000 mary.cloren@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
East Sydney: Vanessa Smith (02) 8344 3000 vanessa.smith@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
Diocese of Broken Bay
The Diocese of Broken Bay has 43 schools and stretches from Willoughby to the Central Coast. Danny Rankin: Head of Special Needs team (02) 9847 0384 http://www.cso.brokenbay.catholic.edu.au/index.html
or call (02) 9 847 0000
The Diocese has two independent special needs schools:
St Lucy's, Wahroonga, K to 6, (02) 9487 1277
St Edmonds, Wahroonga, years 7 to 12, (02) 4324 5300
Other General Special Needs Schools
The Australian Schools Directory lists all Australian Primary and Secondary schools.
www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/search-specialneeds.php