Educational Opportunities

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Educational Opportunities for Students with
Disabilities
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Provides

• Over 550 Vocational Courses,
• Courses covering 1000 careers,
• Support for 50 traineeships,
• Apprenticeship courses trades.

All courses are available for students with
disabilities.
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TAFE NSW - WSI
Essentials
for
Students with Disabilities (SWD)
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Want a JOB!!!
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Might not know what job but,
and

no good!
So
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SWD need

• Independence for the workplace,
• Appropriate skills or pre-skills,
• Transport means or arrangements,
• At least some self-advocacy skills,
• Health level for mode of study,
• Patience and flexibility (advice)!

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The process should begin with contacting the
Teacher/Consultant, preferably, in person, and,
where possible, meeting at the anticipated campus.
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Entry requirements might
Involve an application,
and/or
An interview,
and/or
Submitting a portfolio.
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SWD might study

• A part-time course, part-time, or,
• A full-time course, part-time, or,
• A full or part-time course by mixed mode, i.e.
  OTEN/Campus, or,
• By Distance Education (OTEN), or,
• A T-VET course as part of the HSC, or,
• A TAFE-Link course prior to Uni.

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SWD might also

• Study a customised course such as Employment
  Skills, or
• Study some modules on an individual or small(er)
  group basis, or,
• Study some modules over a longer period, or,
• Study only selected modules from a course.

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Employment Skills courses currently include

• Basic hospitality and cookery,
• Introductory information technology,
• Getting your Ls,
• Money management, and,
• Adaptive technology.

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Study loads for SWD must be

• gtor 8hpw Mobility Allowance
• gtor 25 of F/T course load Pensioner Education
  Supplement

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Other financial issues for SWD include

• Only one individual exemption per year, and,
• No fee-exempt courses, and,
• Rises in all course fees in 2004.

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Course fees for 2004
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The support services for SWD include

• Pre-entry Counselling
• Course choices/requirements,
• Fees and financial assistance,
• Other organisations services.

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• Notetaker Assistance
• May modify class notes,
• Liaise with class teacher,
• Enlarge or record class notes,
• Type and save notes to disk,
• Assist with assignments exams,
• Take notes when absent - maybe.

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• Interpeter Assistance
• Auslan,
• Signed English,
• Cued Speech,
• Liaise with class teacher,
• Liaise with other students,
• Assist with excursions/assignments.

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• Access/EEO Assistance
• Physical access/room arrangements,
• Classroom modification/furniture,
• Information access,
• EEO entry assistance,
• College orientation/mobility training,
• Assist with excursions/transport.

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• Adaptive Equipment
• Tape recorders/dictaphones,
• Portable notetakers/laptops,
• Adaptive software/hardware,
• Ergonomic furniture,
• Audio systems/loops, TTYs,
• Braillers, CCTVs, photocopying, etc.

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• Exam Modifications
• Extra time,
• Break times,
• Reader and/or writer,
• Rewritten exam plain English,
• Adaptive equipment,
• Alternative format braille, etc.

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Some keys to success

• Make contact early where possible, a term
  before,
• Have relevant information ready medical,
  educational, qualifications, rehab info, etc.,
• Be flexible/open-minded,
• Follow up on tentative plans.

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The crucial dates
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Contacting T/Cs for SWD

• Direct telephone number,
• Central number 131 870.

or
fred.bloggs_at_tafensw.edu.au