Networks

Department of Education (DOE)

Disability programs

Phone (02) 9244 5085 
or go to www.schools.nsw.edu.au/studentsupport/programs/disability.php

Portal @ Western Sydney (P@WS)

where you can get the latest information on research, resources and professional learning. 
Click on the Access and Equity tab for disability programs. https://lms.det.nsw.edu.au

Itinerant teacher services

(Contact your local DEC offices for more information)

• Support Teacher Transition (STT)
• Itinerant Support Teacher Vision (ISTV)
• Itinerant Support Teacher Hearing (ISTH)
• State Braille and Large Print Service has an extensive library. Your Itinerant Support Teacher Vision (ISTV) can assist you in placing orders and will have a copy of the library catalogue.

Blacktown Learning Community (BLC)

http://www.blacktown-lc.schools.nsw.edu.au/
During the past twenty years the Blacktown Learning Community (BLC) has been, and continues to be, a proactive, empowering group of twenty-five schools in the Blacktown area of Western Sydney.

Blacktown Area Special Education Network (BASEN)

http://basen.wikispaces.com/

BASEN is made up of DEC special educators in mainstream settings and special schools, along with school learning support officers and other department personnel. It is a great way to share the challenges and successes of special education in our local area. We meet each term in week 7 at different schools and provide professional learning sessions, workshops, meet-and-greet sessions and videoconferences that are specifically related to special education.