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Tech, Transitions, and Triumphs: A Guide to Closing Out the School Year

30/11/23

THE STRUGGLE FOR BELONGING FOR KIDS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH CONDITIONS

23/11/23

ENSURING “LEARN FROM ANYWHERE” PRIVACY IN THE AGE OF TELEPRESENCE TECHNOLOGY

16/11/23

INTRODUCING THE NATIONAL INSIGHTS FOR EDUCATION DIRECTORIES!

02/11/23

HATS OFF TO TEACHERS! ON WORLD TEACHERS’ DAY…

26/10/23

TIPS TO CONNECT GIRLS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH CONDITIONS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

19/10/23

MACY CONTINUES TO DEFY ALL ODDS: GEARING UP TO START FOUNDATION YEAR WITH A ROBOT

16/10/23

KIDS WITH COMPLEX CONDITIONS NEED MORE THAN JUST WORKBOOKS

13/10/23

COVID’S LEGACY: THE PANDEMIC AND SCHOOL CONNECTION

05/10/23

EMPOWERING EARLY LEARNERS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

28/09/23

BEYOND TECHNOLOGY: MISSINGSCHOOL’S RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY

14/09/23

WAYS TO SUPPORT HAPPIER HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITIONS

07/09/23

CHOOSING BETTER: CHILDREN’S CHARITIES TO SHAPE THE FUTURE

31/08/23

FOUR TOP TIPS WHEN HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ISN’T POSSIBLE

24/08/23

HOW ABBIE STAYS ENGAGED IN SCHOOL AFTER ADVERSITY

17/08/23

SCHOOL CAN – HOW TELEPRESENCE OVERCOMES SCHOOL CAN’T

10/08/23

HOW SCHOOLS REACH AND TEACH BEYOND THE CLASSROOM FOR SICK KIDS

03/08/23

ROBOT HELPED DRIVE NADJA’S DREAM

13/07/23

UNLOCKING SUCCESS WITH TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS

07/07/23

THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF HOSPITAL SCHOOL TEACHING

06/07/23

LEAPING INTO ACTION: A 7 STEP GUIDE FOR EDUCATION ADJUSTMENTS

29/06/23

DIGITAL LIFELINES BETWEEN SICK KIDS AND PEERS

22/06/23

REKINDLING MAGIC MOMENTS FOR SICK KIDS

08/06/23

LET’S TACKLE LONELINESS TOGETHER

05/06/23

PRIDE MONTH AT MISSINGSCHOOL

01/06/23

BEST EDUCATION CHARITIES IN AUSTRALIA: EVERY DAY COUNTS FOR SICK KIDS

25/05/23

HOW TO CHOOSE A CHILD EDUCATION CHARITY: THE FUTURE IS NOW FOR SICK KIDS

18/05/23

COOL PLAY AT LONG DISTANCE

11/05/23

FIVE TIPS FOR PARENTS OF SICK KIDS

04/05/23

HOW TO HELP STUDENTS WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS: TELEPRESENCE LETS FRED GO THE DISTANCE

27/04/23

SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH AUTISM AND SERIOUS ILLNESS

20/04/23

HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN BE USED TO DRIVE INCLUSIVITY IN SCHOOLS: TEACHERS EMBRACING TELEPRESENCE

13/04/23

HOW CHARITY CAN HELP EDUCATION SYSTEMS: IZZY’S INSPIRING TALE OF TECH AND FRIENDSHIP

06/04/23

WHY TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS ARE THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION: BOO GOES THE BOT

30/03/23

SIBLINGS ARE ALSO MISSING SCHOOL

23/03/23

FOUR STRATEGIES TO STRENGTHEN BUDDY SYSTEMS

09/03/23

THANK YOU PACK & SEND AUSTRALIA

03/03/23

Student

USING TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS IN SCHOOL: MISSINGSCHOOL ON 10 NEWS FIRST

03/03/23

WHAT ARE TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS AND HOW THEY CHANGE EDUCATION SYSTEM: MORE THAN JUST ROBOTS

23/02/23

MANAGING A TELEPRESENCE ROBOT IN THE CLASSROOM: BUILDING SOCIAL DIGITAL CONNECTIONS FOR SICK KIDS

16/02/23

HOW TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS CAN HELP KIDS STAY IN SCHOOL: INSPIRING HOPE, ONE STUDENT AT A TIME

09/02/23

GREAT BANK JANUARY COMPETITION

10/01/22

Advocacy

NOTIFICATION OF AGM 2020

16/11/20

Advocacy

JOIN IN!

24/11/18

Advocacy

NOTIFICATION OF AGM 2018

21/11/18

Advocacy

DID YOU KNOW?

14/11/18

Advocacy

NOTIFICATION OF COMMITTEE VACANCIES

09/11/18

Advocacy

WE ARE HARDWIRED TO CONNECT

28/10/18

Advocacy

OUR CHAIR, MEGAN GILMOUR NOMINATED FOR 2019 ACT AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR

25/10/18

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL TAKES STAGE AT TEDXCANBERRA

08/09/18

Advocacy

MY ROBOT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I HAVEN’T BEEN FORGOTTEN

04/09/18

Advocacy

LITTLE BIG STEPS

30/08/18

Student

SAY HELLO TO OUR PROGRAM MANAGER!

28/08/18

OUR COLLABORATING HOSPITAL SCHOOLS

24/08/18

Hospital

TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS HELPING SICK KIDS STAY IN SCHOOL

21/08/18

Advocacy

TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS – THE WAY FORWARD

20/08/18

Student

SAY HELLO TO OUR PUBLIC OFFICER!

14/08/18

Advocacy

22 KIDS SIGNED ON!

07/08/18

Student

SAY HELLO TO OUR SECRETARY AND RESEARCH LEAD!

01/08/18

Advocacy

OUR MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

31/07/18

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL VIDEO 2015

20/07/18

KEEPING SERIOUSLY SICK KIDS CONNECTED

08/07/18

Advocacy

TEDXSYDNEY: HOW ROBOTS ARE CONNECTING SICK KIDS WITH THE CLASSROOM

04/07/18

Advocacy

WE’RE COLLECTING STORIES!

30/06/18

Advocacy

THIS IS THE START!

24/06/18

Advocacy

NEW STUDENT

20/06/18

Student

ROBOT FUN

15/06/18

Advocacy

BACK TO SCHOOL

10/06/18

Advocacy

TEDXCANBERRA IS BACK!

07/06/18

Advocacy

THANKS QUEENSLAND!

03/06/18

School

GOODTECH

01/06/18

Advocacy

DID YOU KNOW?

31/05/18

Student

TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS

18/05/18

Student

CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP AWARD

14/05/18

Advocacy

MEET OSKAR

05/05/18

Student

MISSINGSCHOOL AT TEDX SYDNEY

05/05/18

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL VIDEO

05/05/18

Student

STG KICKSTART

01/05/18

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL WILL BE AT TEDXSYDNEY

30/04/18

Advocacy

TELEPRESENCE ROBOT, MONKEY HELP SICK BOY ‘ATTEND’ SCHOOL

25/04/18

Student

WOMEN TO WATCH: MARITA CHENG

21/04/18

Advocacy

MY ROBOT GOES TO SCHOOL FOR ME

15/04/18

Student

NOTIFICATION OF COMMITTEE VACANCY

12/04/18

Advocacy

MARIST COLLEGE CANBERRA

04/04/18

Student

NOTIFICATION OF COMMITTEE VACANCIES

28/03/18

Advocacy

SIBLINGS AUSTRALIA

21/02/18

Family

HOW ROBOTS ARE HELPING SICK KIDS TO STAY CONNECTED

07/02/18

Student

TELEPRESENCE ROBOT HELPS TERMINALLY ILL CANBERRA SCHOOLGIRL RETURN TO CLASSROOM

21/11/17

Student

RAISING AWARENESS FOR SERIOUSLY SICK KIDS MISSING SCHOOL

20/11/17

Student

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

20/11/17

Student

FREYJA MEETS WONDERBOT

11/11/17

Advocacy

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2017

07/11/17

Advocacy

SIX-YEAR-OLD FREYJA CAN’T PHYSICALLY SET FOOT IN HER CLASSROOM, BUT HER WONDERBOT IS HERE TO HELP

30/10/17

Student

TELEPRESENCE ROBOT LAUNCH

17/10/17

Student

TELEPRESENCE COLLABORATION

10/10/17

Advocacy

TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS AT YARRALUMLA PRIMARY

04/10/17

School

BUILDING SUPPORT WITH GOOGLE IMPACT CHALLENGE, NAVITAS, AMP TOMORROW MAKERS, ST. GEORGE FOUNDATION

01/09/17

Advocacy

ONLINE DONATIONS AVAILABLE

21/07/17

Advocacy

REFORMS NEEDED TO BETTER ENGAGE SCHOOL STUDENTS – EDUCATIONHQ AUSTRALIA

17/07/17

Student

JULY 2017 GENERAL MEETING

12/07/17

Advocacy

MISSING SCHOOL GENERAL MEETING

12/07/17

Advocacy

TOURING FOR THE CHURCHILL FELLOWSHIP

18/05/17

Student

A WORKING PAPER ON DATA COLLECTION

01/05/17

School

DISCOVERY OF APPROACHES IN AUSTRALIA AND OVERSEAS

15/04/17

Student

CODE FOR AUSTRALIA

01/04/17

Advocacy

COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORT

15/03/17

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL SOCIAL MEDIA

01/03/17

Advocacy

A THEORY OF CHANGE MAP FOR MISSINGSCHOOL

01/02/17

Advocacy

FAMILY VOICE FIRST MATTERS

30/12/16

Student

RESEARCH INTO STUDENTS MISSING SCHOOL GAINS MEDIA ATTENTION

01/12/16

Advocacy

ORGANISATIONAL LINKAGES 2016

30/11/16

Advocacy

HUGO

30/10/16

ENABLING TECHNOLOGY TO CONNECT SICK KIDS TO THEIR SCHOOLS

30/10/16

Student

ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES SUSTAINABLY AND MOBILISING PUBLIC SUPPORT

15/10/16

Advocacy

TELSTRA IMAGINARIUM FOR HUMAN CENTRED DESIGN

30/09/16

REPRESENTATION THROUGH THE DISABILITY EDUCATION REFERENCE GROUP

15/09/16

Advocacy

MAPPING CHILDREN’S ILLNESS GROUPS

30/08/16

Student

OUR FACEBOOK AND WEBSITE PRESENCE GROWS!

15/08/16

Advocacy

THEORY OF CHANGE FOR MISSING SCHOOL

30/07/16

Advocacy

REPRESENTATIONS TO COMMONWEALTH, STATE AND TERRITORY POLITICIANS

30/06/16

Advocacy

THANK YOU, GINA MEYERS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION AND COMMITMENT

30/05/16

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL ETHICS

01/05/16

Advocacy

PROGRESS INTO 2016

30/04/16

Advocacy

ST GEORGE FUNDED RESEARCH WITH ARACY

15/03/16

Advocacy

ORGANISATIONAL LINKAGES

20/02/16

AN UPDATE ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2016

30/01/16

Advocacy

WHO ARE THEY?

13/10/15

Advocacy

CREATING A PLACE FOR PERSONAL STORY

30/06/15

Student

INFORMING GOVERNMENTS, EDUCATORS, AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

01/06/15

Advocacy

MOVING IN TO 2015: AN UPDATE ON SOCIAL MEDIA

30/12/14

Advocacy

A NOTE TO PARENTS AND CARERS

02/10/14

Family

MISSINGSCHOOL MEMBERSHIP

01/09/14

Advocacy

MONKEYS REPORT: AUGUST 2014

13/08/14

Student

WE OPERATE BY VOLUNTEERS!

01/07/14

Advocacy

MONKEY EARNS NUMBER ONE PLACE

24/06/14

Student

MONKEYS REPORT: JUNE 2014

17/06/14

Student

IT’S TIME TO LISTEN HERE!

25/05/14

Student

LINKING UP FOR KIDS 2014

12/05/14

Advocacy

A ROUNDTABLE WEBINAR, ARACY AND FURTHER COLLABORATIONS

30/04/14

Advocacy

MONKEYS REPORT: APRIL 2014

10/04/14

Student

IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO BE REMEMBERED

08/04/14

Student

THE VIEW FROM THE POINTY END OF THE CANNULA

28/03/14

Student

HAVE YOUR SAY

14/03/14

Advocacy

CONNECTING SERIOUSLY SICK KIDS IN REAL TIME

18/02/14

Student

SICK KIDS NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY

12/02/14

Student

PUBLIC SUPPORT AND ACHIEVING MISSINGSCHOOL OBJECTIVES

01/02/14

Advocacy

MISSINGSCHOOL IS STANDING UP!

15/01/14

Advocacy

COLLABORATING FOR EVIDENCE ON THE LEARNING NEEDS OF SICK KIDS

11/12/13

Advocacy

KALEEN PRIMARY SCHOOL — KIDS HELPING KIDS

21/11/13

School

H.E.L.P. CONFERENCE & ALLIANCE

10/11/13

Family

I THINK WITHOUT HIM THEY WOULD NOT REMEMBER ME

09/11/13

Student

MONKEY IN MY CHAIR NEWS

08/11/13

Student

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

30/10/13

Advocacy

HINTS AND TIPS 102: ENROLMENT ISSUES

11/10/13

Advocacy

HINTS AND TIPS 101: SERIOUS ILLNESS IN KIDS AND THE SCHOOL SETTING

04/10/13

Family

SIBLINGS ARE ALSO MISSING SCHOOL

26/09/13

Family

BUILDING EVIDENCE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE PRACTICE. GRANTED!

25/08/13

Advocacy

SICK KIDS: WHY EDUCATIONALLY “DISABLED”?

09/08/13

Student

HAVE BEAR WILL RUN

04/08/13

Student

100 COMMUNITY HEROES GRANT

30/07/13

Advocacy

ROBOTS

16/07/13

Student

SKYPING HIS WAY THROUGH 5TH GRADE

16/07/13

Student

MISSINGSCHOOL FINDS SUCCESS IN THE 100 COMMUNITY HEROES CAMPAIGN

10/07/13

Advocacy

CONSULTATION

19/06/13

Advocacy

WEBCHAIR

09/03/13

Student

INCORPORATION AND OUR RADICAL IMAGINED FUTURE

15/02/13

Advocacy

THANKS TO TINY’S GREEN SHED

15/01/13

Advocacy

APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDING AND PLANS FOR 2013 AND BEYOND!

10/12/12

Advocacy

ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS IN A MEDICAL AND NON-SCHOOL SETTING

01/12/12

Student

STUDENTS WITH COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS

20/11/12

Student

MISSING SCHOOL

09/11/12

Advocacy

CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE

01/11/12

Advocacy

FROM LIVING ROOM TO LOBBYING: HOW MISSINGSCHOOL CAME TO BE

01/09/12

Advocacy

KIT’S STORY

09/05/18

Student

News articles

Education Today: Staying in School Part of the Remedy for Seriously Sick Kids

21/11/23

Nine, EssenceMediacom and Cocogun inducted to Hall of Good at UnLtd

16/10/23

at risk, disadvantaged youth

A Current Affair (9Now): Special robots teleport sick children into the classroom

15/07/23

assistive technology, disability, inclusion, school connection

World Socialist Web Site: Australian Senate inquiry highlights worsening problem of children “refusing” to attend school

19/06/23

attendance, school refusal, senate inquiry

Balance The Grind: Women in Tech: Megan Gilmour, CEO & Co-Founder of MissingSchool

14/06/23

Northern Beaches Mums: How to help your child navigate school when they can’t be in the classroom

16/04/23

Education Today: School Can – Breaking the Barriers to School Attendance

16/04/23

QWeekend Magazine (The Courier Mail): The BOY IN THE MACHINE

15/04/23

ABC News TV Breakfast Show: April 10 2023

10/04/23

Hot FM 91.1: News bulletin

30/03/23

News DNA: Odinn and his Robot

29/03/23

Inside Megan Gilmour’s fight to reconnect sick children with school

23/03/23

Third Sector: Telepresence technology helps 1.2M Aussie Kids stay in school

16/03/23

10 News First: Channel 10

10/03/23

Mumbrella: MissingSchool launches rallying cry for seriously sick kids via Cocogun and Zenith

03/03/23

The Drum: Simple Minds’ iconic song underscores campaign to keep sick kids connected

02/03/23

SBS Arabic: The worst thing about being sick is being banned from school.” A robot helped Elissar communicate with her class from her hospital bed

02/03/23

ABC News: Telepresence robots to help sick kids across Australia ‘attend’ school in new pilot project

01/03/23