Autism Inclusion Teachers

In reply to the Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO ().16 November 2023).

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE: The Minister for Education, Training and Skills has advised:

The Malinauskas Labor government is proud of the $28.8 million investment to provide access to an autism inclusion teacher in every public primary. South Australia is leading the nation with the introduction of this program.

The program has been deliberately designed to fund schools to provide release time for autism inclusion teachers to lead and support their fellow educators to drive improved practice for students with autism.

The teachers are nominated from within the existing staff of the school and the roles are not advertised externally. This process is often undertaken for many roles in schools including reading support teachers, literacy coordinators and wellbeing leaders, to name a few.

These roles are now active in schools across the state, with 97 per cent of all positions being filled.