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According to the Disability Standards of Education, every child has the right to access and participate in teaching, learning and assessment experiences on the same basis as their peers. But what does this look like in reality? As a parent, how do you ensure it’s happening for your child? As a teacher, how do you make sure you are providing it for your students?

Many children with disability have individual learning goals. These are often formalised into an Individual Education Plan. As a result, the student often ends up doing different work than their classmates.

In this presentation, Sarah Humphreys shared examples of how these personal goals can instead help provide access to the same learning as the rest of the class. Her goal was for participants to feel confident to not settle for “doing something else”.

This session has been split into three parts. This is part two.

In part one Sarah talked about how a group of people can all do the same thing but can go about it in different ways. She highlighted the importance of presuming competence, "all students can learn" and providing choice and flexibility through the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework.

Sarah Humphreys is an inclusion consultant and co-founder of Inclusive Schools Australia. She is passionate about developing and promoting curriculum access for all. Sarah promotes the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to achieve this goal.

She presented at the UDL Implementation and Research Network, USA, on how the principles of UDL were applied to the development of the Australian Curriculum. She now works with schools supporting its implementation.

Sarah has a Master’s Degree in Special Education from London University.

• Resources by Sarah Humphreys in Padlet- your electronic webinar handout
• HandsOptional - Next Star - the video about Christopher Hills that Sarah shared in part two of her presentation

• Website: https://inclusiveschools.com.au/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/inclusiveschaus
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inclusiveschaus

According to the Disability Standards of Education, every child has the right to access and participate in teaching, learning and assessment experiences on the same basis as their peers. But what does this look like in reality? As a parent, how do you ensure it’s happening for your child? As a teacher, how do you make sure you are providing it for your students?

Many children with disability have individual learning goals. These are often formalised into an Individual Education Plan. As a result, the student often ends up doing different work than their classmates.

In this presentation, Sarah Humphreys shared examples of how these personal goals can instead help provide access to the same learning as the rest of the class. Her goal was for participants to feel confident to not settle for “doing something else”.

This session has been split into three parts. This is part one.

This session was introduced by Laura Esplin

Hello, I'm Laura Mary Esplin. I'm a Year 4 student, a sister, and a gymnast. I am here to tell you about Sarah Humphreys. Sarah lives in Sydney. She is a big supporter of Inclusive Education. She works with schools to help them practise UDL (Universal Design for Learning).

Today, Sarah will tell us how kids can learn the same things in different ways. And I hope you enjoy listening to Sarah.

Sarah Humphreys is an inclusion consultant and co-founder of Inclusive Schools Australia. She is passionate about developing and promoting curriculum access for all. Sarah promotes the use of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to achieve this goal.

She presented at the UDL Implementation and Research Network, USA, on how the principles of UDL were applied to the development of the Australian Curriculum. She now works with schools supporting its implementation.

Sarah has a Master’s Degree in Special Education from London University.

• Resources by Sarah Humphreys in Padlet- your electronic webinar handout
• UDL vs DI: The Dinner Party Analogy by Dr Katie Novak - the video that Sarah shared in part one of her presentation

• Website: https://inclusiveschools.com.au/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/inclusiveschaus
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inclusiveschaus

This is the Get That Good Life! Conference replay. This podcast series features most of the presentations from Imagine More’s 2021 conference.

Imagine More is a family-led, not-for-profit organisation based in Canberra Australia that inspires people with disability and their families to get the good things of life.

We all want the Good Life: for ourselves and for the people we care about.

But, traditionally, people with disability have been denied access to (or given a watered-down version of) many of the things that make life meaningful, purposeful and interesting.

The 2021 Get That Good Life! conference was all about identifying the things that make life good and how to ensure that people with disability have access to the same opportunities as everybody else. It provided attendees with countless ideas and strategies that help create wonderfully ordinary lives for people with disability.

The conference unashamedly shared ideas and stories that have high expectations for the lives of people with disability. In it, you’ll hear many examples of people with disability who

• have chosen an ordinary life path
• hold meaningful and valued roles, and
• participate in and contribute to their local communities, all with the right support.

The presentations are from an exciting group of local, national, and international speakers that joined us to share their insights, stories, and best practice strategies.  Expect to come away with plenty of actionable ideas from every episode!

The podcast is free and is available on your favourite podcast app.

You’ll find more information, resources, and inspiration about getting the good things in life for people with disability on our website, imaginemore.org.au.