MissingSchool and ARACY hosted a roundtable webinar in January, 2014, to get input in the early drafting phase of the reports. Attendees included representatives from ARACY, MissingSchool, ACT Directorate of Education and Training, RCHEI, RMHC, School of Special Education Needs, Western Australia, Westmead Children’s Hospital School and researchers Megan Jackson and Jenny Lavoipierre.The inquiry, to which Ronald McDonald House Charities and Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute have contributed, will be disseminated through our collective networks, the media, and taken forward to the Federal and State Governments to provoke future discussions on measurement, practice and accountability. An important part of the research outcome is producing an easily digestible “infographic” version of results for the parents of seriously sick kids and the kids themselves.MissingSchool has formed excellent relationships with researchers working in the area of education connection for critical and chronically ill kids. Our interactions and collaborations across the year included with researchers at the University of Canberra, Royal Children’s Hospital Education Institute, the Behavioural Sciences Unit of the Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Victoria Institute, Victoria University.
