All students want to feel like they belong and that they are valued in their school community. School is a centrally important place to young people — not only where they learn fundamental academic knowledge, but also where skills in making and keeping friends, relating to peers, and social justice principles are learnt and practiced.

This issues paper was written by Dr Sally Robinson & Julia Truscott from the Centre for Children and Young People, Southern Cross University, with Children with Disability Australia.

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