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The School Can't Experience
For parents and caregivers of young people who struggle to attend school, and related education and health professionals. We share experiences and insights into what is going on for our young people and how we can offer support.
The School Can't Experience
Latest Episodes
#78 - Why Fines Don’t Fix School Can’t, with Tiffany Westphal, School Can't Australia
“An empty seat is a signal. It’s not a diagnosis.” That was the opening message at this year’s International Network for School Attendance (INSA) conference in Spain, and School Can’t Australia’s Tiffany Westphal came home encouraged.<...
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#77 - Beyond NAPLAN and ATAR with Nina Rovis-Hermann PhD
Nina’s son was a bright, quirky young person who loved rocket science, coding and books. By high school he was having panic attacks every morning, and a ten minute walk to school could take an hour. Then, in Year 11, he was told that if he stay...
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#76 - From School Can’t to Paramedicine: Angelina’s Student Voice Story
At 20, Angelina is studying paramedicine at university and scoring 96% in her exams. A few years ago, she couldn’t get through a school day.Angelina was a conscientious, high-achieving student until Year 10, when she suddenly found she c...
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#75 - When Distress Turns Inward: Self-Harm and Suicidal Thoughts, with Yellow Ladybugs' Katie & Natasha
This episode is a collaboration between School Can't Australia and Yellow Ladybugs made possible through funding from the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Grant.This is the second of two special episodes with Yellow Ladybugs, ...
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Hard Doesn't Mean Wrong: Rethinking Parental Stress with Jackie Hall - Listener Favourite
This week we're revisiting our conversation with Jackie Hall, first released as Episode 13. Since we recorded this conversation, Jackie has made her programs available free of charge. That includes a nine week autism parenting program, and Insi...
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As a parent to 4 Autistic individuals one who is currently fighting his way through VCE with a heavy emphasis on physics and maths this journey has given me hope, as well as some ideas of where to step next to offer safe and meaningful education for my child. Thankyou
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