Students with Disabilities Guidelines
The purpose of the guidelines
The Victorian Essential Learning Standards – Students with Disabilities Guidelines provides teachers in all schools with guidelines that link the rationale and structure of the Victorian Essential Learning Standards to individual program development and assessment for students with disabilities.
The guidelines reflect current educational reform at a state, national and international level, and are informed by inclusive education principles and practices.
Inclusive education, a term that has been used to articulate the rights of every student to participate in, or have access to, the full range of programs and services offered by the education system, supports and celebrates the diversity found among all learners.
The guidelines contain a framework for planning inclusive curriculum so teachers can equip all students with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to help them succeed in a world that is increasingly complex, rapidly changing and rich in information and communications technology.
The framework is linked to a whole-school approach to curriculum planning, and reflects the three core strands of essential learning in Physical, Personal and Social Learning, Discipline-based Learning and Interdisciplinary Learning.
While focusing on students with disabilities the approaches outlined in the guidelines are valuable for all students.
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This section on Students with Disabilities is adapted from the Victorian Essential Learning Standards – Students with Disabilities Guidelines (PDF – 482KB)
