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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 5 (Hansard) 16 May) . . Page.. 1433 ..

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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NUMBER 205

Children with Disabilities - Enrolment Statistics

MS McRAE - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 16 April 1996:

How many children were -

(1) Enrolled in (a) special schools including Malkara, Woden, Cranleigh, Hartley St and Koomarri; (b) learning centres; (c) JACs; (d) the autism centre.

(2) In need of (a) specialist deaf unit support; (b) specialist sight impaired support; (c) an integration program in primary schools; and (d) an integration program in secondary schools for each year since 1989.

MR STEFANIAK - the answer to Ms McRae's question is:

The available information in respect of questions 1 and 2 is provided in the table below:

ENROLMENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Date Sp Sch JA/LC Autism HIU* ITHI** ITVI^ IPP IPS

1989 476 4 * *

1990 473 8 * *

1991 478 7 86 * *

1992 489 586 11 17 110 45 7 -

1993 465 542 10 17 105 59 13 -

1994 468 599 8 18 135 50 17 2

1995 458 628 10 21 129 38 25 2

1996 446 617 8 23 162 46 28 3

* HIU - Hearing Impaired Units

** ITHI - Service from Itinerant Teachers of the Hearing Impaired

^ ITVI - Service from Itinerant Teachers of the Visually Impaired

* The Pilot Integration Program did not begin until 1992

IPP - Integration Program (Primary)

IPS - Integration Program (Secondary)

Data about the number of students with disabilities integrated in mainstream with little or no supplementary support has not been collected previously. In 1996 there are approximately 470 students with disabilities in this category.

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