Missing school

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Seen&Heard Helpline

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MissingSchool

Keywords

Helpline. Student. Telepresence. School Connection. Parent. Carer.

Date

27 October, 2023

MissingSchool’s digital Helpline, Parent Facebook Group, and weekly ‘Ask Us Anything’ webinars, provide ongoing information and support for parents and carers on school connection options, health-specific education considerations, stakeholder partnering strategies for improved student outcomes, and troubleshooting.

MissingSchool CEO and Co-Founder Megan Gilmour says: 

“In 2010, my world was turned upside down when my son Darcy, then aged 10, was diagnosed with three rare blood disorders, one of which was pre-leukemia. My focus was on keeping him alive after he was flown from our home in Canberra to Sydney Children’s Hospital, ultimately undergoing a bone marrow transplant. As a mother, I’m forever grateful for the medical support and lifesaving treatments that allowed Darcy to lead a happy, healthy life. Today, he is a thriving 23-year-old who loves fitness and travel, and is currently spending six months in Japan on a Japanese language university exchange.

Looking back, I wish I’d had the support and guidance to reduce the trauma Darcy experienced from missing two years of school. The experience taught me a powerful lesson: we can’t wait until these kids are well to enable some sense of normalcy and belonging. Nor can we expect them to easily regain their sense of self – a sense that is critically shaped during their formative years through ongoing connections with classmates, teachers and learning – without dedicated support when they are absent through no fault of their own.

In 2012, I co-founded MissingSchool with two other Canberra mums to share the lessons we had learned from our own lived experiences. Our mission remains the same now as it was then: to ensure that all children are seen and heard, maintaining their “presence” in school by accessing learning from anywhere. A big part of this is taking informed action to give families in management fatigue genuine care.”

Author

MissingSchool

Keywords

Helpline. Student. Telepresence. School Connection. Parent. Carer.

Date

27 October, 2023
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