School Law Series 2024: Students with Disabilities and Additional Learning Needs: Discrimination and Inclusion
The responsibility of educators to ensure compliance with anti-discrimination legislation to create a safe and inclusive learning environment is paramount. Gain insights into the delicate art of supporting and disciplining students with additional learning needs – when to adapt the standard code of conduct, consider suspensions, and explore alternative strategies. Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your inclusive teaching toolkit and support every student's journey to success. WEB243N24CZ
Description
For Teachers: Attend and earn 1 Professional Development Hour (NSW, VIC) / CPD Point (QLD, WA, SA)
For Lawyers: Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Dr Steven Middleton, Associate Principal, St Margaret’s Berwick Grammar
1.00pm to 2.00pm Students with Disabilities and Additional Learning Needs: Discrimination and Inclusion
- Working with students with intellectual disabilities
- How to discipline intellectually disabled students: when to offer adjustments to the usual code of conduct, suspensions and unique and novel discipline strategies
- Minding the duty of care owed to other students
- Rights and responsibilities
- Legal obligations: anti-discrimination legislation
Presented by Erin McCarthy, Partner, Piper Alderman; Best Lawyers 2024, Education Law, Human Rights Law, Labour and Employment Law, Occupational Health and Safety Law
Presenters
Erin McCarthy
Erin McCarthy is a specialist employment partner based in Adelaide. She has fifteen years' experience in providing advice to employers and employer associations on all aspects of occupational health and safety, employment and industrial relations law as well as delivering essential information seminars and training workshops on key employment issues. Erin has experience providing advice in relation to performance management, misconduct investigations and unfair dismissal claims, bullying, discrimination and harassment matters and occupational health and safety issues including support clients during investigations, defending prosecutions and risk management and policy development. Erin is a co-, author with Professor Andrew Stewart and Elise Jenkin of Parental Leave: A User Friendly Guide published by Thomson Reuters. The book examines the practical interaction between various leave entitlements as well as managing pregnant employees in the workplace and return to work from parental leave. As a part of the Piper Alderman Employment Relations national team, Erin advises clients in all states and territories in Australia. In 2015 she was once again listed in the peer-selected "Best Lawyers, Australia" in the practice area of Labour and Employment.