Unit Resources

Parents

Unit Supported Home Learning
The Why, How & When

This is provided for families to support their child's supported learning at home.(Students at school will use the same home learning resources).
Supported home learning will be programmed on a timetable with the flexibility for families to adapt according to their situation.

Communication

Class Dojo

ClassDojo is an educational technology communication app and website. It connects primary school teachers, students and families through communication features, such as a feed for photos and videos from the school day. If you haven't created an account for ClassDojo please do so, this is the main form of communication in the Disability Unit. Created an account, locate the school, find your child/children teachers names, Find your child/children name and request access.
Proloquo2Go

Proloquo2Go is an easy to use communication app for people who cannot speak or need help being understood. The app is fully customisable and can be utilised to build language skills and grow with a person’s communication, supporting both beginning and advanced communicators. This app is used in the Disability Unit to facilitate communication

Strategies at Home

Practical Strategies for Teaching Children with Disabilities (article)

Children with disability often take longer to learn how to do everyday things like dressing themselves and cleaning their teeth. They can also find it hard to learn social skills like sharing and taking turns.

This article takes you through three practical strategies for teaching skills to your child with a disability.
Online.Stopwatch.Com

A Free flash online stopwatch, quick easy to use flash stopwatch! also a countdown timer
Visual-CountDown-Timer

In addition to being calming, timers can help during transition times as they provide the ability to judge how much time is left without having to know how to tell time. Great for those who have trouble moving away from a preferred activity or for helping to build up time on a task.

Curriculum Resources

Reading

At least 3 texts a day are to be read to your child. Read the text first and then re-read discussing features of the book/story line etc. Students need to be reading at least 10 mins/4 times a day, familiar and new books. Re-reading familiar books is a priority.

Tarheel Reader

Tarheel Reader provides a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. You can also create your own books to read and share.
SPELD SA Phonic Books

SPELD SA provides phonic readers free of charge that suit a variety of ages and abilities. Each book is published with suggestions on how parents, tutors and teachers can get the most out of the book/.
Scholastic Learn at Home

Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
Starfall

Starfall is a children's website that teaches basic English reading and writing skills. It teaches children how to read by using games and phonics.
GoNoodle

GoNoodle gets kids up and moving to fun, engaging content and games. It is an opportunity for kids to wake up their bodies, engage their minds and be their best.
Autism iHelp

Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary.
Accessible Chef

Accessible Chef is a collection of resources to teach basic cooking skills to individuals with disabilities.
Mathletics

Mathletics is a comprehensive online mathematics learning tool with hundreds of curriculum-aligned lessons and activities. Students should be familiar with this website and have a Mathletics Login and password to access this site. Contact your teacher via class dojo if you are unsure.
Bee-Bots

This app is based on the original Bee-Bot classroom-friendly floor robot. Using the same keypad as the in school floor robot version, the aim is for pupils to solve various challenges by programming a cartoon bee to move around different levels through sequences of forwards, backwards, left and right 90 degree turns.
Teach Starter

Download hundreds of free teaching resources to use at home. These include posters, worksheets, classroom games, activities, lesson plans, and more.
ABC Education

ABC Education brings you thousands of free, curriculum-linked resources for Primary and Secondary students and teachers.

Well-being

Helplines and counselling for young people and parents

This guide contains details for services operating Australia-wide. The purpose of CFCA reference guides is to bring together information from various sources to provide a quickly accessible single reference guide.
Esafety

The eSafety Commissioner (eSafety) is Australia’s national independent regulator for online safety. Our purpose is to help safeguard Australians at risk from online harms and to promote safer, more positive online experiences.