Peer information sheet: intellectual disability
Students that understand the importance of friendship, recognise ways in which we are all similar (such as all students having strengths and challenges), and can identify how they can be inclusive, are key to creating inclusive school communities.
This resource helps students to identify strengths and similarities across all peers, and provides practical ways that they can include and support a student who has an intellectual disability.
School Excellence Framework alignment
Wellbeing
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers alignment
Standard 1: Know students and how they learn
Audience
Primary teachers, students
Purpose
This information sheet provides students with practical ways they can include and support a student who has an intellectual disability.
Reviewed
November 2021. Share your feedback here