People provided many comments in their responses. Comments though are not reported in the summaries. They were provided in good faith directly to the Review and are being treated as such.
The Student Conversations and five Survey Summary Reports provide a depth of insight into the perspectives and experiences of how Catholic education is currently serving the needs of students with disability.
In many areas they point to common experiences and assumptions. In some areas they reveal important variations in expectations, understandings and practices. Listening carefully and respectfully to each of the voices provides the basis for Catholic education to strengthen the inclusion, learning and wellbeing of students with disability.
Connecting the different perspectives affirms the areas of agreement and points to the areas for improvement.
Taken together they highlight the importance of Catholic education building greater connectivity in how its schools, regions, and central office can best work as a system with students with disability, their parents, and disability service providers.
By doing so Catholic education best fulfils its mission as part of the Church’s commitment to Inclusion. The SWD Review is now entering the next phase of analysing the key issues and challenges and identifying the solutions and strategies that best address them.
A Review paper outlining the issues and challenges and proposing ways forward will be released at the start of term 4.