Feb 13, 2019, Brisbane Times: Minister orders investigation into Canberra school over violence https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/act/minister-orders-investigation-into-canberra-school-over-violence-20190212-p50xb1.html ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry has defended her record on addressing school violence and ordered an investigation into the handling of a string of incidents at a Canberra public school, which had left at least one child in hospital. In November, the minister asked the Education Directorate to look into long-standing complaints about escalating violence at Theodore Primary, after about 30 parents sent her a petition calling for government intervention. … But, while officials met with the school the same month, the directorate confirmed on Wednesday it did not review incidents at the school until last week, following an approach by The Canberra Times. ACT Education Minister Yvette Berry says she sought personal assurances that policies were in place at the school. A directorate spokeswoman said "all incidents at the school" had now been looked at and the government was supporting Theodore Primary to put further strategies in place to address behaviour issues. Ms Berry said she had been assured policies were in place at the time of the incidents, which stretched back to 2017, but she was still awaiting the findings of the directorate's investigation as education officials ramped up supports for staff and students. Facing down a barrage of questions from the Canberra Liberals in the ACT legislative assembly this week, Ms Berry said she had been talking to teachers about the support they needed to keep schools safe since her appointment as minister. … Supervision on the playground had since been stepped up at the school and structured activities during breaks, including new clubs, would kick off from next week. Shadow spokeswoman for education Elizabeth Lee said communication problems with parents did not explain the escalating levels of violence reported at the school and asked what was being done to support students who had been victims or witnesses of violence. This week, some parents told The Canberra Times they were concerned directorate attention was focussing on teachers rather than an apparent lack of resources at the school they said had left some children unsupervised during breaks. …although a specific breakdown of what caused those injuries was only available at a school level. …
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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.
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What will happen in another 4 years? How can we go on like this? This is a national (and international) problem of monumental proportions. We have an entire new class of children who cannot be accommodated by the system: many are manifestly neurologically impaired. Meanwhile, the government and the medical profession sleep on regardless.
John Stone,
UK media editor, Age of Autism
The generation of American children born after 1990 are arguably the sickest generation in the history of our country.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
It seemed to me that with rising autism prevalence, you’d also see rising autism costs to society, and it turns out, the costs are catastrophic.
They calculated that in 2015 autism cost the United States $268 billion and they projected that if autism continues at its current rate, we’re looking at one trillion dollars a year in autism costs by 2025, so within five years.
Toby Rogers, PhD, Political economist
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