Dianne Chambers

Associate Professor Dianne Chambers – Coordinator Special Education and Coordinator Research School of Education, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle.

Dianne coordinates and teaches courses on catering for students with disabilities, inclusion and behaviour management at undergraduate level. Postgraduate teaching areas include adaptive education, behaviour management and social skills, children with special needs, educating students who are gifted and talented and research methods. She supervises students within the School of Education Masters and PhD programs. She is published in the field of inclusive education, assistive technology, service learning and children with ASD. Dianne has consulted with UNESCO on guidelines for persons with disabilities and Open and Distance Learning using open solutions (published), and teacher education for global citizenship, and attended invited symposia with the World Health Organisation regarding assistive technology. She is a member of a number of National and International organisations, including the CEC and is current National Councillor of the Australian Association of Special Education (WA Chapter). Dianne has edited two books in the area of inclusive education, service learning and working with teaching assistants, and is currently editing a third on assistive technology.