❓ A parliamentary question regarding the alleged detention of a 12-year-old autistic child, Neil Moore, in a locked cage at Kenwick Primary School. It seeks information on the involvement and actions of the Disability Services Commission and the Department of Education and Training.
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I refer to the case of Neil Moore, a twelve-year-old autistic child attending the Kenwick Primary School Special Education Unit. (1) Is this boy a client of the Disability Services Commission? (2) Has the case of the boy’s reported detention in a locked cage been drawn to the attention of the minister or the DSC; and if so, how and by whom? (3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(1) Is this boy a client of the Disability Services Commission? (2) Has the case of the boy’s reported detention in a locked cage been drawn to the attention of the minister or the DSC; and if so, how and by whom? (3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(2) Has the case of the boy’s reported detention in a locked cage been drawn to the attention of the minister or the DSC; and if so, how and by whom? (3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(4) Yes.
(1) Is this boy a client of the Disability Services Commission? (2) Has the case of the boy’s reported detention in a locked cage been drawn to the attention of the minister or the DSC; and if so, how and by whom? (3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(2) Has the case of the boy’s reported detention in a locked cage been drawn to the attention of the minister or the DSC; and if so, how and by whom? (3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(3) Has the Department of Education and Training sought advice on how to manage this child’s sometimes difficult behaviour; if so, when and what advice was given? (4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(4) If no to (3), has the DSC sought to intervene or offer advice on its own initiative? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(1) Yes. (2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(2) Yes. The minister was informed by the Disability Services Commission. The Disability Services Commission was informed by Neil Moore’s grandmother early in September 2003. (3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(3) If the question is meant to ask whether the Department of Education and Training sought advice from the Disability Services Commission, the answer is no. (4) Yes.
(4) Yes.
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