Specific student populations with a disability

Full-time equivalent enrolments of students with a disability who are members of specific populations, collected from 2013 as part of the annual enrolment data collection in Term 3.\r\n\r\nStudents with a disability are those students who are verified by a Department for Education psychologist or speech pathologist as eligible for the Department for Education Disability Support Program.\r\n\r\nSpecific populations students are:\r\n\r\n* Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders – Students who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin and who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.\r\n\r\n* Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) – Students who are from a non-English speaking background, including students born overseas with at least one parent/guardian being from a non-English speaking background. This excludes temporary residents and students speaking Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Languages. \r\n\r\n* Children and Young People in Care – Students for which the Youth Court have granted a Guardianship Order to the Minister, either for a specified period of time or until the age of 18.