Education
Special Education
Special Education
A group within the Ministry of Education providing services - directly and indirectly - to children and young people with special education needs. Provides early intervention support for children from birth until settled in school, the SE Maori Strategy, and information for families, whanau, school and early childhood services. Contact your local Special Education Office to discuss what educational support is available for your child or student.
Information about the Ongoing and Reviewable Rescourcing Scheme - ORRS
An introduction, guidelines and documents about ORRS for families, whanau and schools.
Te Kete Ipurangi - The Online Learning Centre
This website provides a number of useful contacts associated with special education.
Conductive Education
A holistic programme which encourages children with motor disorders to be active and independent members of society.
Assistive Technology in Schools
Ministry of Education - Assistive Technology Guidelines (PDF, 886kb)
a handbook providing useful information and advice
Educational Aids
Akoranga
This site is all about helping children succeed with their learning. We have found that the Handwriting Without TearrsTM programme makes legible and fluent handwriting an easy and automatic skill for all students. It is a systematic, developmentally-based system that assists children who have handwriting difficulties to improve their skills.
eLearning CD-Roms for young people with a Learning Disability / Autism
Raising Horizons has developed a series of interactive e-learning CD-Roms for young adults and children with a learning disability / autism. The courses have been developed with recognised bodies in the disability world (such as the NAS, World Autistic Society and the European Autistic Society) using European Union funding.
Numicon
East to teach and fun to learn, Numicon is a multi-sensory approach to arithmetic teaching for children aged 3-7 and older pupils with special needs.
Yellowpagesforkids.com
The Yellow Pages for Kids User Guide will teach you how to be a more effective advocate. Learn how to build your team, get educated about your child's disability, find special education advocacy training, locate a parent group and get legal and advocate help.
Educational Progammes for Disabled Adults
Spark Studio
A creative space offering an innovative arts programme for adults with vaious disabilities. The sessions provide a learning process in visual arts education especially orientated to the requirements and circumstances of our artists; they also promote and encourage self-development through creative expression.
Tertiary Education
Achieve
A national network established to ensure equal opportunity and access to post-secondary education and training for people with impairments.
Quest For Excellence
Post-Graduate Scholarship for Deaf or Hearing Impaired Graduates.
Most New Zealand tertiary institutions provide assistance for people with disabilities. This may take the form of accessible maps, note taking, sign language interpretors, or audio aids. Click on the institution for more information about the disability services offered.
Universities
Auckland University of Technology
Lincoln University
Massey University
The University of Auckland
The University of Waikato
University of Canterbury
University of Otago
Victoria University of Wellington
Technical Institutes
Aoraki Polytechnic
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
EIT Hawkes Bay
Manakau Institute of Technology
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
NorthTec
Otago Polytechnic
Southern Institute of Technology
Tairawhiti Polytechnic
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand
Unitec
Universal College Of Learning - UCOL
Wairaki Institute of Technology
Waikato Institute of Technology - Wintec
Wellington Institute of Technology - Weltec
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki - WITT
Whitireia Community Polytechnic
International Information
Code of Practice
Students with Disabilities: Code of Practice for Australian Tertiary Institutions.