"ACES [Inc.] offers parents and carers an evidence-based, affordable alternative to commercial educational remediation programs."
The aim of the association is to establish educational clinics throughout Western Australia providing specialist intervention and educational programs for students with learning disorders.
It is our belief that every Australian child, regardless of socioeconomic status or other circumstances, deserves access to the best teaching available giving him or her the greatest chance of success in an educational setting.
ACES (Inc.) has grown dramatically over the last 5 years, increasing in both student numbers, tutor numbers and complexity of tuition required to cater for many different individual learning needs. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our delivery of service, and as such, in 2020 we are formalising a new Case Management structure within the organisation which we believe will not only enhance the delivery of an exceptional service to students, but also provide a solid foundation for the future growth of our unique organisation.
At ACES (Inc.) there is a lot of work that occurs behind the scenes to manage your child's specialist tuition program. This includes senior staff/ peer reviews; monitoring student progress using internal and external, formative and summative assessment data; ongoing professional development and upskilling of tutors; and, liaison with key stakeholders. From 2020, formal structuring of this work will occur by assigning each student to a case manager. The case manager will be a senior, experienced staff member.
The case management model reflects the exceptional characteristics of our students, their range of learning needs and the fact that typically, they do not respond to conventional instruction. To maximise the effectiveness of specialist tuition, our students often require expertise beyond the skills and experience of a single tutor. The ACES (Inc.) collaborative model ensures that each student's evidence-based tuition is individualised to unprecedented levels. Incorporating the latest research findings into practice for individual students requires close liaison between tutors and experienced researchers and it is this practice that we will extend in 2020 to ensure that every student has the benefit of the wealth of knowledge and expertise of our staff.
