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The Resource library includes descriptions and links to over 100 external publications (books, websites, DVDs etc). To search for a specific topic (for example “classroom strategies”), enter text in the keywords box and click Search. You can narrow your initial search using one of three filter drop-down menus:

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  1. Weka Disability Information

    Weka is a website for people with disabilities and those who care for them. Through Weka you can find information and resources that include: support services in your area a DVD library events and stories equipment suppliers a page that...

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    Weka Disability Information

    Weka is a website for people with disabilities and those who care for them. Through Weka you can find information and resources that include:

    • support services in your area
    • a DVD library
    • events and stories
    • equipment suppliers
    • a page that focuses on resources for Māori in particular.

    The section on disability information centres can be organised by region. The section that organises information by category includes one on education. This highlights students’ rights at different stages, and the options that are available to them.

    Resources for:
    Further learning , Taking action , Others' stories
    Relevant to:
    Special education and ASD in NZ school settings, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices, Managing transitions
    Contributed by:

    Enable New Zealand .

  2. Whānau Ora

    Whānau Ora is an interagency approach that, like Strengthening Families, has at its centre the goal of empowering whānau. It does not focus on individual family members and their needs, but on the whānau as a whole. Whānau are supported to...

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    Whānau Ora

    Whānau Ora is an interagency approach that, like Strengthening Families, has at its centre the goal of empowering whānau. It does not focus on individual family members and their needs, but on the whānau as a whole. Whānau are supported to navigate their own path, which may include working with hapū, iwi, or non-government agencies to develop their own ways of improving their lives.

     Governance Group Chair Sir Mason Durie (2011) has described the critical role of education in achieving the goals of Whānau Ora:

    ... the Whānau Ora programme, currently being implemented across the country, has placed considerable emphasis on education as a key to whānau capability building. It has also recognised that culture is a fundamental component of wellness. While transmission of culture, including language, is essentially a whānau function, it is unlikely that whānau will be in positions where they can provide all language needs for their children, any more than other families can provide the full range of knowledge and skills necessary for the English language. In effect, schools will have major impacts on Whānau Ora, partly because they will prepare students to participate fully in society, and partly because they will contribute to cultural integrity.

    Advice to the Chief Education Advisor, Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme, October 17 2011
    Resources for:
    Taking action
    Relevant to:
    Understanding inclusion, Building inclusive school cultures, Producing inclusive school policies, Evolving inclusive practices
    Contributed by:

    Te Puni Kōkiri Ministry of Māori Affairs .

  3. Katherine Rees, Disability Advocate

    Carroll-Lind, J., and Rees, K. (2009). “School for All: Children’s Right to an Inclusive Education in New Zealand”. Proceedings of the Making Inclusive Education Happen: Ideas for Sustainable Change Conference. Wellington: Te Papa.Katherine Rees does not have ASD but is...

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    Katherine Rees, Disability Advocate

    Carroll-Lind, J., and Rees, K. (2009). “School for All: Children’s Right to an Inclusive Education in New Zealand”. Proceedings of the Making Inclusive Education Happen: Ideas for Sustainable Change Conference. Wellington: Te Papa.

    Katherine Rees does not have ASD but is a strong advocate for students with disabilities. While still in school she was a member of the Young People’s Reference Group to the Office of the Children's Commissioner. She continues this advocacy work today in groups such as  Action for Children and Youth Aotearoa and  Be.Accessible.

    Katherine contributes her voice to “ School for All: Children’s Right to an Inclusive Education in New Zealand”, which discusses the concept of inclusive education, the commitments New Zealand has made to this goal, and the reality for students and their families and whānau.

    In  Whakarongo Mai Katherine describes further her experiences as a disabled student at school, and especially at secondary school. She calls for greater collaboration that includes the voice of the student in decisions affecting their schooling experience.

    Both items can be used to prompt thinking on what is happening in your school – for example, how you engage with students, use teacher aides, construct IEPs, and manage students in large groups such as at assembly.

    These  video clips in which Katherine talks about disability, inclusion, and her role as a member of the Children’s Commission’s Young People’s Reference Group are several years old now but still provide excellent insight.

     Rees, K. (2010). “Beyond inclusive education: How to get there and why it matters”. In Whakarongo Mai, Listening – Stories from the Inside. Wellington: NZCER/Cognition Institute/Office of the Children’s Commissioner.

    Resources for:
    Further learning
    Relevant to:
    Understanding inclusion, Special education and ASD in NZ school settings, Building inclusive school cultures, Evolving inclusive practices, Specific issues for secondary schools
    Contributed by:

    Carroll-Lind, J., and Rees, K. 2009 Wellington: Te Papa.

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