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Discussion paper

Teaching practices to support Autistic students and students with ADHD

This discussion paper provides an overview of evidence-based teaching practices that support Autistic students and students with ADHD with learning at school.

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Research summary

Teaching practices for Autistic students and students with ADHD

This research summary outlines key findings about evidence-based teaching practices that support Autistic students and students with ADHD with learning at school.

Latest guides & resources

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Resource collection

Early childhood learning trajectories

AERO's Early Childhood Learning Trajectories are a practical resource providing guidance to support children's learning across 5 key interconnected domains of early learning and development.

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Partnering with schools to refine and enhance AERO’s School Writing Instruction Framework: Case study

This case study shares AERO’s learnings from working with schools to trial and develop our School Writing Instruction Framework.

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Escalated behaviour: Creating calm, focused classrooms

This practice guide will assist teachers with creating calm learning environments, helping to prevent emotional and behavioural escalation, and supporting students when it does occur.

Latest education research

A teacher sits in front of three students with their backs to the camera, she is pointing at a piece of paper and explaining the lesson

Discussion paper

Teaching practices to support Autistic students and students with ADHD

This discussion paper provides an overview of evidence-based teaching practices that support Autistic students and students with ADHD with learning at school.

A teacher sits on a desk surrounded by students, all are smiling and looking to the front of the class

Research summary

Teaching practices for Autistic students and students with ADHD

This research summary outlines key findings about evidence-based teaching practices that support Autistic students and students with ADHD with learning at school.

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Research report

Leveraging evidence for system support

This guidance report provides evidence-based insights for how Australian education systems can most effectively support schools to take up and sustain evidence-based practices at scale.

Latest articles

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Behind the evidence: How quality assurance shapes AERO's research

Quality assurance (QA) has guided the Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO)’s research projects from the outset. Rather than a single step, QA is applied throughout each project to support clear methods, relevant insights and reliable outputs. A recent project shows what that looks like in practice.

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How AERO's writing framework is helping to shape the next generation of Australian teachers

A renewed focus on improving the writing skills of school students is seeing Australian schools and universities sharing evidence-based approaches to teaching writing.

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Behind the evidence: A conversation with Dr Lucy Lu, AERO’s Executive Director, Research Evaluation and Analytics

AERO generates, synthesises and translates evidence to support practice and policy in ECEC and schools. Dr Lucy Lu explains how AERO designs and undertakes research, and the importance of choosing methods and data sources that fit the questions.