Why A Different Perspective?

Uniquely qualified to help you.

‘A Different Perspective - support for learning’ is a response to the gap between education policy and law and practice.

I was meeting increasing numbers of students who were withdrawing from mainstream schools exhausted, anxious, and burnt out, including my own sons.

I began Master’s level studies in Special and Inclusive Education to find that empirical evidence clearly and overwhelmingly supported my observations. Teachers do not have the support to implement inclusion policies and students are overwhelmingly being left behind.

I hope that ‘A Different Perspective - support for learning’ becomes part of the solution.

It is my hope that I can support teachers, families, and community groups to improve knowledge about disability, about removing barriers, and foster an inclusive approach to their places, programmes, and activities.

Please let me know how I can support you.

Deb

Debra brings a different perspective to the conversation of inclusion.

Debra is an experienced educator, teaching in classroom and distance education settings for over 17 years. She has worked extensively with students who were burnt out, anxious, and falling behind academically after striving to meet the demands of inclusive classrooms. Debra understands the importance of collaborating with families, the value of creating a safe learning environment, and working with a learner’s strengths and interests.

Debra has two, twice-exceptional sons who have burnt out in attempting to meet the demands of an inclusive school. Her youngest is now educated at home, while her eldest is about to begin learning at home.

Debra has almost completed her Master of Special and Inclusive Education studies with a special interest in authentic inclusion for students with autism.

Together, these shared and lived experiences uniquely qualify Debra to offer you a different perspective.

Debra lives in the Redlands, south of Brisbane, with her family and cocker spaniels; Rosie, and Mickey.