IEAG advocates for long term social change in the education system. We promote knowledge, attitudes, policies, and practices that facilitate inclusive education so all young people, including disabled young people, have equal opportunities to learn, belong, and flourish in their local, regular, educational settings.
IEAG works to help ensure families are informed and understand their children’s education rights and are supported and empowered to access the supports and accommodations they need to thrive at school. To learn all children and young people, need a sense of belonging and acceptance in school and to be supported to learn in a way that suits them. This is particularly so for disabled students. To be able to support disabled students their parents and whanau need an understanding of their child’s education rights and entitlements, how to access these, how to raise concerns and access to advocacy support.
If you need support to resolve an education issue for yourself or your child, we help. We will listen, provide information on your education rights and entitlements, and maybe able to provide you with individual advocacy support if this needed or refer you to organisations that provide specific advocacy services. Please contact us here and we'll respond as soon as possible.
IEAG is aiming to change minds, policy and practise so that authentic inclusion can occur. We are working to end discrimination by advocating, at all levels, for systemic change in education policy and practise.
These free one-day seminars are for school leaders, parents, and others interested in developing schools that include, value and teach all students well. Based on Dr Jude MacArthur's research into disabled students' school experiences, the seminar will develop participants understanding of inclusive education and work on ideas that can be put into practice.
Journals provide the most current form of research and thought on a subject area they contain peer-reviewed articles written by experts in a subject area. Research can also be sourced from conference proceedings which often show recent research and developments.
IEAG's comments on issues in the media can be found here.