WA Parliamentary Question on Notice regarding the number of students in public schools categorised as having a Severe Mental Disorder or Autism Spectrum Disorder. The answer provides aggregated data to protect student privacy.

AnsweredQoN 3291Legislative Council
Asked
8 October 2020
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Education and Training

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(1) How many students enrolled in public schools in 2020 to date, have been categorised as having a Severe Mental Disorder, please list the numbers as categorised by each school? (2) How many students enrolled in public schools in 2020 to date, have been categorised as having Autism Spectrum Disorder, please list the numbers as categorised by each school?

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Answered
5 November 2020
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
Data reported are based on the number of students with an Individual Disability Allocation as of 30 September 2020.
The data have not been reported at an individual school level in order to ensure that individual students cannot be identified by their school location.
(1)     925 students are receiving an Individual Disability Allocation under the Severe Mental Disorder category:
·       524 primary school
·       401 secondary school
(2)     8 475 students are receiving an Individual Disability Allocation under the Autism Spectrum Disorder category:
·       5 461 primary school
·       3 014 secondary school

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