What is an All Means All Network?
All Means All recognises that building collaboration at all levels is critical to our effort to consolidate and focus the Australian movement for full inclusive education, and to the achievement of our mission for the implementation of an inclusive education system in Australia.
Our multi-stakeholder alliance includes and welcomes families, people with disability, academic experts, teachers, education assistants, school principals, advocacy and other organisations and other members of the community who support our objectives.
Our Networks initiative seeks to foster connections and collaborations within specific stakeholder groups or communities within our alliance, to support the achievement of our shared objectives.
Each of our Networks is led by a National Convenor who guides the focus of the Network, facilitates the provision of quality information and resources, encourages constructive engagement and provides valuable insights to the Board of All Means All to assist in informing its work.
To date, we have established the following Networks.
School Inclusion Parent Network (SIPN)
Stephanie Gotlib
National Convenor
Stephanie Gotlib is a widely recognised and respected disability advocate and CEO in the not-for-profit sector with more than 25 years of experience. She is currently Asia Pacific Regional Representative for Inclusion International, and she is also on the Board of Rights and Inclusion Australia.
Stephanie was the Chief Executive Officer of Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA) from 2009-2019.
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School Inclusion Network for Educators (SINE)
Dr Loren Swancutt
National Convenor
Loren is an experienced teacher, school leader, and system-level advisor dedicated to advancing inclusive education in Australia. With extensive experience in early childhood, primary, and secondary contexts, she has led successful whole-school inclusive reform and coached school leaders across Australia to drive inclusive school improvement.
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Academics Network for Inclusive Education (ANIE)
Dr Robert Jackson
National Convenor
Bob Jackson is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University and a private consultant in disability and education. He is involved in research and teaching on disability and education at three Perth Universities.
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Bob Jackson started in disability in the 1970s working as a psychologist, institution superintendent, service manager and Regional Director with the (now) Disability Services Commission.
From 1990 to 2003 he was at Edith Cowan University in the Centre for Disability Research and Development, where he was Director from 1998 and Associate Professor of Special Education from 2000. This Centre ran a Commonwealth funded Supported Employment Program and a research project on early intervention for children with autism, based around teaching reading from age 2. He has been closely involved with the teaching of Social Role Valorisation in Australia, spending time with Dr Wolfensberger in the US.
From 1995, Professor Jackson has been closely involved with school inclusion, advising families, teachers, schools and education systems on the rationale and practicalities of inclusion. This work has included a very extensive review of the literature on inclusion as well as presentations in all states to parents and teachers.
Currently Professor Jackson is working as a private consultant in disability and education but remains an Adjunct Associate Professor at Curtin University. He is also involved in research and teaching on disability and education at three Perth Universities and is a co-founder of All Means All.
Professor Jackson is married with 3 grown children and lives in the hills east of Perth.