Aug 9, 2018,) Illawarra Mercury: Corrimal East Public School opens its new sensory room https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/5577525/corrimal-schools-new-sensory-room-helps-students-reduce-anxiety/ ...Julia Stirling, the school’s support unit relieving assistant principal, was just ecstatic with how good the sensory room looked…. Corrimal East Public School has three Autism Special Education Support Classes consisting of 21 students, three classroom teachers, three School Learning Support Officers (SLSOs) and an assistant principal (Mrs Stirling). “Students within our Autism support classes can experience high anxiety, have trouble self regulating their emotions and behaviours,” Mrs Stirling said. “The sensory room is an important resource for them to utilise to help calm themselves, develop strategies to help self regulate and reduce anxiety. …
Childhood Lost
Children today are noticeably different from previous generations, and the proof is in the news coverage we see every day. This site shows you what’s happening in schools around the world. Children are increasingly disabled and chronically ill, and the education system has to accommodate them. Things we've long associated with autism, like sensory issues, repetitive behaviors, anxiety and lack of social skills, are now problems affecting mainstream students. Blame is predictably placed on bad parenting (otherwise known as trauma from home).
Addressing mental health needs is as important as academics for modern educators. This is an unrecognized disaster. The stories here are about children who can’t learn or behave like children have always been expected to. What childhood has become is a chilling portent for the future of mankind.