Flinders University - Bedford Park Campus
This degree provides students with work-relevant skills and knowledge as Developmental Educators across a wide range of contexts in disability, health and human services fields. The multidisciplinary focus of the program scaffolds student learning from multiple perspectives, including special education, psychology, philosophy, sociology, and health. Work integrated learning provides opportunities for students to apply learning in practice throughout their studies.
On completion of this degree students will be able to understand and activate human rights in the lives of people with disability and work in alliance with people with disability, their families and advocates to promote inclusion and quality in life. Students will be able to promote the physical and emotional well-being of people with disability and recommend and teach functional skills such as social, self-care, recreation, communication and language, and employment skills. Students will be able to develop and provide support coordination, case management and counselling support for people with disability and their associates and implement specialist positive behaviour support plans; and access, plan and implement effective early intervention programs for children with diverse learning needs.
This degree prepares graduates to Lead teams or work as an individual practitioner as a Developmental Educator and Behaviour Support Practitioner in the disability and community services sectors. Potential occupations may include NDIS support coordinator, case manager and disability employment consultant; potential employers may include disability support services, non-for profit organisations and government agencies.
This degree is recognised for full membership with Developmental Educations Australia Inc.
On completion of this degree there is an opportunity to apply for a one-year Honours degree. For further information visit www.flinders.edu.au/study/courses/honours-bachelor-health-sciences.
The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.
ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
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Highest rank to receive an offer | 95.80 | 95.80 |
Median rank to receive an offer | 67.75 | 75.05 |
Lowest rank to receive an offer | 61.30 | 62.90 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Please refer to the Flinders University website for admission criteria information.
This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.
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