Special Education Program (SEP)
The Department of Education is committed to ensuring every student with disability succeeds and is achieving their full potential.
Bentley Park College has a P -12 Special Education Program (SEP) that encourages students to participate in all aspects of college life, alongside their similar-aged peers. Students with disability from the local community are welcome and supported with reasonable adjustments to access, participate, learn and achieve through engagement with the curriculum and other college activities. The type and frequency of support offered to each student is reflective of each individual's needs. Some examples of support include in-class support, modified curriculum provision, access to specialist advisory teachers and disability-specific adjustments.
The program currently offer three levels of curriculum access – Mainstream Inclusion, Mainstream Alternate and Highly Individualised Curriculum.
Mainstream Inclusion
These students have lower support needs and can access their age-appropriate curriculum with minimal support. The students follow the same timetable and attend the same classes as their peers. Support is given within the usual classroom setting, either by the SEP case manager or a teacher aide.
Mainstream Alternate
These students often require additional support with literacy and numeracy. They are offered the core subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and HASS/History/Geography in timetabled alternate classes, taught by SEP teachers, usually at the same time as their peers. They then attend Health and Physical Education and their elective subjects with their same-aged peers in the mainstream setting, as per their timetable. The alternate classes are usually supported by a teacher aide.
Highly Individualised Curriculum
Students accessing a highly individualised curriculum require high levels of support at all times and are taught by a SEP teacher, supported by a teacher aide, in a small group with students of similar abilities. The curriculum provided is responsive to the individual needs of the student but usually includes communication and the literacy, numeracy and personal and social general capabilities.