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EDMed gives education staff information and strategies for children with a diverse range of illnesses.
The EDMed program helps children and education services develop a smooth transition back to school.
EDMed is a free one hour professional development session that helps to:
- better understand the impact of chronic illness and treatment on a child’s learning
- examine the emotional, social, physical and cognitive issues faced by children
- develop ideas and strategies to enhance learning
- examine changes needed to achieve better learning outcomes
- understand the teaching learning approaches specific to children with chronic health issues
- examine the importance of school connectedness.
EDMed is approved in Australia as teacher professional development. Completing EDMed will contribute to 1 hour of Professional Development addressing 1.1.2 and 1.5.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
EDMed face-to-face
EdMed can be delivered face-to-face to education services.
To request a free face-to-face EDMed professional development session complete the .
EDMed online
EDMed can be accessed through an online module.
To register for the free online EDMed professional development complete the .
