Welcome back to Semester 2 to all Foxwell students and families, and welcome to the new families who have joined us over the holiday break. Semester 2 is an exciting time in Inclusion with change to structures, systems and processes.

This term we have an Inclusion team of myself, 5 Inclusion teaching staff, an Inclusion Teaching Assistant and a team of in classroom Teaching Assistants. Across our team, and other key support personnel like our Chaplain, we will be rolling out a case management system for all Inclusion students. Where our previous inclusion model provided a case management structure for students with disability under the 6 EAP categories, our new model also captures students with ADHD, Anxiety/Mental Health, Foetal-Alcohol Syndrome and Dyslexia. Additionally, students in an identified learner group (in line with the Inclusive Education Policy) will also have access to a case manager. This includes ATSI students, students in out of home care, LGBTIQ+ students, and gifted and talented students.

Over the coming week, case managers will be contacting families of students who have been assigned a case manager based on the information we have at school regarding their eligibility to be captured within the Inclusion department so please keep an eye on your emails.

During the next week if you need to make contact regarding an urgent matter and you don’t yet have the details of your student’s case manager, feel free to contact me at emgil0@eq.edu.au and I will be able to point you in the right direction. Additionally, if you believe your student meets the threshold but we might not have the supporting documentation on file at school, or your student is new to the school, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by email.

If you are interested in reading more about the changes to the resourcing model that sits behind support of students with disabilities in State Schools you can find that information here: https://education.qld.gov.au/student/documents/rar-school-information-students-families.pdf 

Elle Bullock

Head of Inclusion