In 2023, Lakeland Senior High School launched the Education Support Specialist Endorsed Program, designed for students with mild to moderate disabilities. The purpose-built facility accommodates a variety of physical and intellectual disabilities, featuring infrastructure that promotes independence and self-regulation, including a specialist sensory room and a life skills training room.
The focus of the endorsed program is a student-centred planning model that encompasses academic rigour and challenge as well as promoting skills for independence, work, and social-emotional wellbeing.
The Program
- Staff receive specialised training to address individual needs.
- Teachers and education assistants collaborate to deliver curriculum content using a variety of evidence-based teaching practices tailored for students with additional needs.
- Emphasis on progression and achievement, starting at each student’s level.
- Focus on social-emotional wellbeing, protective behaviours, independent living skills, and individual behaviour analysis.
Eligibility
Lakeland Senior High School follow the department of Education enrolment processes and can offer enrolment to students in the following diagnostic disability categories:
- Students with an Intellectual Disability who are eligible for an Individual Disability Allocation under this category.
- Students with eligibility for an Individual Disability Allocation for Autism Spectrum Disorder and a demonstrated high educational need.
- Students with eligibility for an Individual Disability Allocation for Severe Medical or Physical Disability and demonstrated high educational need. (Please note that this placement will be reviewed on a yearly basis.)
Requirements
- Completed application form
- Students’ reports regarding diagnosis
- Medical
- Psychology Therapy
Applications
For more information about the program, application process or eligibility, please contact the Education Support Deputy Principal:
Phone: 6172 2200
Email: Natasha.Tempest@education.wa.edu.au
Provision will be made for therapists who will be able to attend the school through a Therapy in Schools Service Agreement.