Disability Service Provision and the Delivery of Education and Training Programmes

A New Approach to Improving Education and Training Services for Tertiary Students with Disabilities

A Report to the Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training

Disability Services
The University of Western Australia

EIP 03/07

© Commonwealth of Australia 2003

ISBN 0 642 77383 1

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Acknowledgment

This project was funded under the Evaluations and Investigations Programme of the Department of Education, Science and Training. Special thanks to Ms Deirdre Schaeffer for her interest and involvement. I would like to acknowledge the important contributions of colleagues who worked with me on this project and I thank them for their very generous and conscientious input. The Steering Committee members for the project were Dr. Geoff Cooper, Ms Eileen Thompson, Ms Cheryl Stickels, Mr Andrew Boden, and Ms Jaye Johnson. The project officers were Mr Peter Stockden, Ms Hanni Gennat and Ms Caroline Harben. Many thanks to you all.

Mark Edwards
Disability Officer, University of Western Australia
Chair of Project Steering Committee

 Contents

• Executive Summary    
• Overview    
• Key Findings    
• Conclusion    
• Section 1: Introduction    
• Report structure    
• Historical context    
• Purpose and scope    
• Background and rationale    
• Teaching strategies and distance education    
• Proposed outcomes, wider applications and national significance    
• Section 2: Review of Literature    
• Overview    
• Definitions    
• Contextual issues    
• The experiences and needs of students with disabilities in FTL environments    
• Current innovations in flexible delivery for tertiary students with disabilities    
• Benefits and challenges facing teaching staff    
• Summary    
• Section 3: Report on Surveys of Teaching and Disability Staff    
• Introduction    
• Method    
• Procedure    
• The Survey Forms    
• Results    
• Teaching Staff Survey Results    
• Disability Staff Survey Results    
• Discussion    
• Discussion of Teaching Staff Survey Results    
• Discussion of Disability Staff Survey Results    
• Conclusion    
• Section 4: Project Outcomes    
• References    
• Appendices    

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