[Isla, Grade 3 student]
I couldn’t really hear what my teachers were saying in the classroom. When everyone was making lots and lots of noise, I didn’t hear my teacher saying like, be quiet, all I heard was just loud kids talking. And now it’s a lot easier.
[Rick Pedetti, Inclusion Education Learning Specialist, Sandringham Primary School]
Isla is a student in my class who has a hearing impairment. She wears a hearing aid, so I have a mic that goes around my neck and it connects to her hearing aid in her ear. What that means for Isla is it can block out a lot of the background noise that is typical in a classroom and she can hear just me speaking.
[Isla]
It’s making it easier for me to hear teachers talking through other kids making background noise.
[Rick]
One of the things I noticed about Isla was that she was super creative, but one of the things that was stopping her from being able to show other people was her confidence in her writing. We looked at different strategies to help Isla, and it’s just fantastic to see Isla being able to now be creative, and other people didn’t realise how creative she actually was.
[Isla]
Having Mr Pedetti as a teacher is really good. He does different activities where if you aren’t as good at one thing, you can go for an easier level. And that usually helps.
[Rick]
Every child is different, just like every adult is different. Every child has strengths and areas that they need to develop and so inclusive education is important so that we can cater for the differences that we see in students.
[On screen] Disability Inclusion – Education for All
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