EDMed Professional Development

The need for EDMed®

EDMed was developed to provide support and assistance for teachers working with children with serious illnesses. While these students don't want to be treated like patients in the classroom, many will require modified work and special consideration to reach their full academic potential.

Research indicates that 15% of Australian children under the age of 16 have long-term health conditions, and that 3.5% of children have a chronic illness. Due to medical advances, most of these children can be accommodated in mainstream school. However, 40% of these children will experience challenges after a period of hospitalisation.

As teachers, it's important to consider the whole of the child's wellbeing when planning for the student - socially, emotionally, cognitively and physically.

Seeking Professional Development

Our EDMed Professional Development provides teachers with information and educational strategies that can be applied to children with a diverse range of illnesses.

A one hour professional development session accredited by the NSW Institute of Teachers can be arranged for schools for free, to help teaching staff:

The RMLP is a NSW Institute of Teachers' endorsed provider of Institute Registered professional development for the maintenance of accreditation at Professional Competence. The Scope of Endorsement is for Standards 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 of the professional teaching Standards for the course EDMed.

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EDMed Professional Development

2. Teachers know their students and how they learn.

2.2.2 Apply knowledge of the typical stages of students' physical, social, and intellectual development, as well as an awareness of exceptions to general patterns.

2.2.4 Apply knowledge and understanding of student's skills, interested and prior achievements, and their impact on learning.