SchoolNews by Shannon Meyerkort
The Australian Children’s Laureate is a two-year role given to an Australian author or illustrator who is making a significant contribution to children’s literature. As the 2023-2025 Laureate, Sally Rippin is halfway through a term that has already seen some significant developments.
Changing attitudes toward neurodivergent students
Rippin explains that a particularly heartening development has been the increasing commitment to supporting neurodivergent students. “Things have really changed; before, people considered kids with special needs as a really specialised group and believed that someone else would deal with that, but now everyone understands we’re all responsible.”
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