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SEVR Visiting Teacher Service

Visiting Teachers provide leadership for teachers and schools in the provision of effective curriculum and pedagogy to support student engagement, access and inclusion for students with disability or impairment in the following areas:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]

Physical disabilities

Health impairment

Hearing impairment

Vision impairment

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The role of the Visiting Teacher focuses on:

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Building the capacity of teachers to provide for students with additional needs.
Facilitating students’ access to learning across the curriculum.
Providing information regarding specific disabilities, and their related educational implications.
Providing information about resources, equipment, information and communication technology, and other support materials for individual students.
Monitoring and evaluating student progress through school and parent consultation, Student Support Groups and
Providing advice and relevant reports for applications for the Program for Students with Disabilities; grants and/or

Providing educational services to students from pre-school transition to VCE.
Assisting schools to develop specialised programs.
Supporting and monitoring individual learning programs at school or at home.
Assisting teachers to:
- make modifications and accommodations to the curriculum and learning environment
- recognise the educational and developmental needs that can be unique to students with disabilities or impairments
- use student achievement data for students with additional needs develop individual learning plans

The Visiting Teacher role may also include:

Liaising

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Supporting

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Consulting

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Providing

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Promoting

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Eligibility Criteria & Referral Process

PHYSICAL/HEALTH STREAM

Eligibility:

Students with a physical disability and/or serious health impairment that significantly impacts upon their academic, physical, social or emotional development.

Students whose hospitalisation and convalescence exceeds four weeks receive an automatic allocation upon request for service.

The physical disability or health impairment must be confirmed by a recent medical report.

HEARING STREAM

Eligibility:

Students with a hearing loss confirmed by a current audiogram and audiologist report.

Some factors which may influence support needs:

The degree and type of hearing loss
The age at diagnosis
The effect of hearing loss on the student’s acquisition of speech and language, academic performance and social/emotional wellbeing
The requirements and success of audiological management

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VISION STREAM

Eligibility:

Students with sufficiently low vision to be regarded as partially sighted, that is, a distance acuity of less than 6/18 (or equivalent) with glasses, if needed;

AND/OR

Students with a visual field reduction to less than 20 degrees

Students who are legally blind

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REFERRAL PROCESS

Student referrals must be made by the school where the student is enrolled.

The school will make a referral to the Visiting Teacher Service via the Student Online Cases System (SOCS).

A parent/guardian consent form, available on SOCS, must be signed and uploaded at the time of referral.

Locations

North Eastern Victoria Region Regional Offices

Benalla
150 Bridge Street East Benalla 3672
Telephone: 5761 2100
Fax: 5762 5039

Glen Waverley
Level 3, 295 Springvale Road Glen Waverley 3150
Telephone: 9265 2400
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North Western Victoria Region Regional Offices

Bendigo
7-15 McLaren Street Bendigo 3550
Telephone: 5440 3111
Fax: 5442 5321

Coburg
Level 2, 189 Urquhart Street Coburg 3058
Telephone: 9488 9488
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South Eastern Victoria Regional Offices

Dandenong
165-169 Thomas Street Dandenong 3175
Telephone: 8765 5600
Fax: 8765 5666

Moe
Corner Kirk and Haigh Streets Moe 3825
Telephone: 5127 0400
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South Western Victoria Regional Offices

Ballarat
109 Armstrong Street North Ballarat 3350
Telephone: 5337 8444
Fax: 5333 2135

West Footscray
Level 3, Whitten Oval, 417 Barkly Street West Footscray 3012

Telephone: 9291 6500
Fax: 9291 6565

Early Childhood Services
Quay West, 71 Moreland St Footscray 3011
Telephone: 9275 7000
Fax: 9275 7222

Geelong
5A Little Ryrie Street Geelong 3220
Telephone: 5225 1000
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Visiting Teacher Service: Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

SEVR Visiting Teacher Service

Physical disabilities

Health impairment

Hearing impairment

Vision impairment

The role of the Visiting Teacher focuses on:

The Visiting Teacher role may also include:

Liaising

Supporting

Consulting

Providing

Promoting

Eligibility Criteria & Referral Process

PHYSICAL/HEALTH STREAM

HEARING STREAM

VISION STREAM

REFERRAL PROCESS

Locations

North Eastern Victoria Region Regional Offices

North Western Victoria Region Regional Offices

South Eastern Victoria Regional Offices

South Western Victoria Regional Offices

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