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News and Updates

Inclusion Matters Issue 6, 2023

The NSW/ACT Inclusion Agency's newsletter for educators

In this issue:

  • Practical strategies to increase resilience in young children from refugee backgrounds - Dr Cherie Lamb
  • From Ukraine to the Northern Beaches
  • Supporting behaviour through engagement in Outside School Hours Care services - Marina Bailey
  • Rethinking, Reconnecting, and Rediscovering the Joy - An Innovative Solutions Support success story
  • A change in thinking, a change in practice
  • A Focus on Reconciliation - Being brave and making change
  • Specialist Equipment Library – Inclusion in action
  • New Resources:
    - Big Situations overview plus insert poster
    - Disability Discrimination Act resources
    - ACECQA resources for new educators
  • Inclusion Support Program update

Big Situations

Big Situations launch video

Inclusion in Action Stories

Children's Voices

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Culture

Beyond NAIDOC Week - Sherif Family Day Care's Journey

Specialist Equipment Library

Innovative Solutions Support

Critical Reflection

Creating Cultures of Inclusion written by Dr Kathy Cologon

Making Critical Reflection Happen in Out of School Hours Care - Leichhardt OOSH

What do we mean by Embedded Inclusive Practice? - Abbotsleigh Early Learning Centre, Wahroonga

Inclusive Practice

Creating Cultures of Inclusion written by Dr Kathy Cologon

Making positive changes in OSHC with Visual Supports - Peak Sports and Learning, OSHC, Ulladulla

Maintaining connection with the Inclusion Agency through change - Wagga Wagga Public School Out of School Hours Care Inc

What do we mean by Embedded Inclusive Practice? - Abbotsleigh Early Learning Centre, Wahroonga