Maddington Education Support Centre (ESC) demonstrates a calm and caring environment where every child is valued and treated as an individual. Our school motto is 'We encourage every child to reach their full potential'
We enrol Kindergarten to Year 6 students who have a diagnosis of an intellectual or physical disability including students on the Autism Spectrum with high educational needs. All students have been placed into Maddington ESC in accordance with Department of Education procedures and the Education Act.
All our staff are highly specialised in all areas of special needs education. They design and develop various programs that cater for all our students' learning styles, including the implementation of programs from outside agencies. All our classrooms are set up using a structured rotational model. Our 'rotations' system is a format we use in all seven of our classrooms, that is highly beneficial for all students regardless of their diagnosis. This format makes sure our students have 1:1 when working on their curriculum goals.
Maddington ESC places an emphasis on positive behaviour support. We have a Behaviour Coordinator, that specialises in Social/Emotional learning. This role is filled by a Lead Education Assistant, who oversees all our behaviour management requirements and students emotional learning needs. We constantly reinforce our sensory regulation program - I Empty My Bucket. This is a program that explicitly teaches the child how to use tools/strategies that help them deescalate. The Behaviour Coordinator spends time working 1:1 with students to ensure they are exposed to the EMB techniques that will assist their sensory regulation.
Maddington ESC incorporates strong social skills emphasis in all areas. The teaching of the core values; I am Kind, I Listen to the Bosses, I Empty my Bucket, I Do my Best, are essential to our students' Social/Emotional learning. A whole school approach ensures all children are taught essential strategies for interacting positively with people.
All students have their own iPad and all rooms have the latest smart boards for all students to interact with. We have invested time into ensuring our Senior Teacher can meet with parents and therapy teams, so we can better work with families and their NDIS providers to ensure the best outcomes for our students. We ask your therapists to provide us with the therapy goals (with parent permission) so that we can assist in developing skills to meet those goals. We like to ensure we are working together in all areas of the children's development.
Parents are invited to meet with the Principal to discuss issues, initiatives and any developments happening at Maddington ESC. Ideas are shared and issues dealt with in a timely manner.
We encourage every student to reach for the stars.
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