The Alert Program® was developed in the 1990s in the United States by two occupational therapists, Williams & Shellenberger. The Alert Program® fosters self-regulation through teaching children how to change how alert they feel and teaching adults how to support…

Author(s): Standard of Proof, Dr Sira Engelbertz

Date Published: December 2024 (Phase 1) and April 2023 (Phase 2)

The Residential Specialist Schools Pathway Evaluation Report (9 June 2023) builds on the earlier international literature review on residential specialist schools for learning and behaviour (Education Counts July 2022).…

Author(s): Professor Missy Morton, PhD Tania Cliffe-Tautari, PhD Annie Guerin, PhD Jules Skelling, MEd

Date Published: November 2024

This report provides findings of the Gifted Education Package Evaluation. The focus of this report is to provide insights relating to four components of the Gifted Education Package that were developed in recent years. These include the Pito Mata (professional…

Author(s): Anne Dowden REWA, Tātai Angitu - Massey University, TT Consulting Tāpui Limited

Date Published: July 2024

The Student Wellbeing Measures project is a Ministry initiative designed to directly support the wellbeing of our Years 7-13+ ākonga in their education settings.…

Author(s): Ministry of Education

Date Published: October 2023

The Taonga Takiwātanga Charitable Trust, in partnership with Te Pae Aronui, hosted 5 marae-based wānanga exploring Takiwātanga – Autism from a Māori world view. Led by Dorothy Taare-Smith and hosted by mana whenua, the wānanga offered a collaborative kaupapa Māori…

Author(s): Dorothy Taare-Smith [Taonga Takiwātanga Charitable Trust] for the Ministry of Education

Date Published: April 2023

Phase 3 of the Learning Support Coordinators evaluation has been completed to provide feedback on initial implementation of the new role of Learning Support Coordinators (LSCs), a long-awaited, fully funded, in-school learning support role, and inform the success of future…

Author(s): Sarah Andrews, Jessica Adams, Mary Kaye Wharakura, Dr Sarah Appleton-Dyer, Dr Evelyn Marsters, Synergia Ltd.

Date Published: 28 October 2022

Phase 2 findings have captured the progress of implementation, which has greater momentum at school than at cluster level. This is to be expected in the relatively early stages of establishing a new and unique role as it is logical…

Author(s): Sarah Andrews, Dr Sarah Appleton-Dyer, Jessica Adams, Mary-Kaye Wharakura, Dr Evelyn Marsters and Emelia Masari, Synergia Limited.

Date Published: December 2021

This report provides a Māori-centric view of ākonga kanorau ā-roro, learner neurodiversity. It will help practitioners and educators to work with ākonga kanorau ā-roro and their whānau to provide culturally responsive and effective education and care. It also points to…

Author(s): Dr Melanie Riwai-Couch

Date Published: August 2021

AATEA Solutions presents this report on the evaluation of Te Ara Whakamana – Mana Enhancement Programme (Te Ara Whakamana) developed and delivered by Ako Solutionz (the developers). In December 2019, this evaluation was commissioned by the Ministry of Education (the…

Author(s): Kiwa Hammond, AATEA Solutions Ltd. Report for the Ministry of Education

Date Published: July 2021

The Incredible Years Autism programmes are part of a series of interconnected evidence-based parent and teacher training programmes developed by child psychologist and researcher, Dr Carolyn Webster-Stratton. The Incredible Years Autism – Parent (IYA-P) and Incredible Years Autism – Teacher…

Author(s): Associate Professor Laurie McLay, Dr Cara Swit, Professor Neville Blampied, Dr Anne-Marie McIlroy, and Dr Dean Sutherland. University of Canterbury

Date Published: July 2021

Phase 1 of the Learning Support Coordinators evaluation has been completed to provide feedback on initial implementation of the new role of Learning Support Coordinators (LSCs) a long-awaited, fully-funded, in-school learning support role and inform the success of future delivery.…

Author(s): Sarah Andrews, Dr Sarah Appleton-Dyer, Zaffar Ansari, Emelia Masari, Hera Clarke, Synergia Ltd.

Date Published: March 2021

This report presents findings of an integrative literature review designed as one response to Priority 4: Flexible supports for neurodiverse children and young people, articulated in the New Zealand Learning Support Action Plan 2019 – 2025. The review explored research…

Author(s): The Donald Beasley Institute

Date Published: July 2020

This evaluation report shows that the My FRIENDS Youth Resilience Programme aligns with government strategies, is consistent with the New Zealand Curriculum key competencies and the health and physical education curriculum, and can be effectively facilitated by teachers for all…

Author(s): Jo MacDonald, Roseanna Bourke, Melanie Berg and Jacky Burgon, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report prepared for the Ministry of Education.

Date Published: December 2016

Intensive Wraparound Service (IWS) is designed for the small number of children and young people with highly complex and challenging behaviour, social or education needs, including those with an intellectual difficulty. IWS in New Zealand is a relatively new and…

Author(s): Jacky Burgon, Melanie Berg and Nicole Herdina, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report for the Ministry of Education.

Date Published: March 2016

This report summarises the findings from the final phase of an evaluation of Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L) School-Wide. It describes the extent of implementation of School-wide in Schools, identifies short-term shifts and considers the longer term sustainability of the…

Author(s): Sally Boyd and Rachel Felgate, New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Report for the Ministry of Education.

Date Published: August 2015

This report summarises the findings from case studies of seven schools that are part of the Positive Behaviour for Learning School-Wide (PB4L-SW) initiative. Schools were selected for their effective practice. In this report, commonalities and differences in practice are summarised,…

Author(s): Sally Boyd, Alex Hotere-Barnes, Lesieli Tongati’o, and Jo MacDonald, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Date Published: June 2015

This report presents indicative findings from the first phase of an evaluation of Positive Behaviour for Learning: School-Wide (PB4L: School-Wide). The report discusses the implementation and short-term shifts for schools that began PB4L: School-Wide in 2010/11. The findings suggest that…

Author(s): Sally Boyd, Rachel Dingle and Nicole Herdina, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Date Published: June 2014

The purpose of this report is to explore what is currently ‘not working’ in transitions from EI to school-age services from the perspectives of people involved in these transitions—to identify ‘what we can do better’ and explore how to improve…

Author(s): Jacky Burgon with Joanne Walker, New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Date Published: September 2013

This paper presents an overview of the international literature related to transitions between early intervention services and special education services for school-aged children. The review describes, firstly, families’ perceptions of services during the transition period, and, secondly, key factors associated…

Author(s): Research Division, Ministry of Education.

Date Published: September 2013

The aim of this report is to identify the strengths of current service provision; barriers to accessing SE services for Pasifika; and the extent to which cultural perspectives on disability and SE and the low numbers of Pasifika professionals affected…

Author(s): Lila Mauigo-Tekene, Lin Howie, Dr Bill Hagan, School of Education, Manukau Institute of Technology.

Date Published: July 2013