The Department of Education and Training (DET) recognises Autism Spectrum Disorder as a medical condition and therefore accepts diagnoses according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders Fourth Edition Text Revision 2000 (DSM-IV-TR, 2000) Pervasive Developmental Disorder classification of Autistic Disorder, Rett’s Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder or Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified provided by registered paediatricians, psychiatrists or neurologists.
Criteria
Verification for the Education Adjustment Program (EAP) disability category of Autism Spectrum
Disorder is based on two criteria:
Criterion 1: There is a medical diagnosis of a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (DSM-IV-TR).
Criterion 2: The identified Pervasive Developmental Disorder results in activity limitations and participation restrictions for the student at school requiring significant education adjustments.
EAP Verification Form - ASD
Medical specialists are asked to complete the medical specialists section of the EAP Verification Form -
ASD (EAP 3). The reason for requesting the diagnosis recorded on the departmental form is to ensure:
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the diagnosis provided clearly meets or does not meet DSM-IV-TR criteria
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the diagnosis is provided by a registered paediatrician, psychiatrist or neurologist
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the medical specialist has an option of specifying if a review of the diagnosis is needed
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consistency across the State.
The EAP Verification Form – ASD can be accessed by clicking on the following link: http://education.qld.gov.au/students/disabilities/adjustment/verification/forms.html
The medical specialist section is available as a separate download option.
Overview Of Support for Students With Disabilities
DET provides a range of support services and resources to assist teachers to meet the diverse educational needs of all students. For example students who are underachieving with literacy and/or numeracy, those who require behaviour support, students who have recently arrived in Australia as refugees, those who have English as a second language, or students with disabilities.
Improving the educational outcomes for students with educational support needs continues to be a focus for DET and the community. Regions and schools provide a continuum of support for students with educational support needs through allocated student services resources. Students with educational support needs may access behaviour support staff, guidance officers (GO), support teachers literacy and numeracy (STLaN), speech-language pathologists, youth support coordinators, chaplains and school based youth health nurses. Students identified through EAP can also access support through specialist teachers, advisory visiting teachers (AVT), therapists, teacher aides and DET funded nurses.
For more information about EAP please refer to the EAP webpage .
( http://education.qld.gov.au/students/disabilities/adjustment/index.html
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