Emotional and Physical safety design for students with disabilities in ILEs

Abstract

There has been a significant focus on Innovative Learning Environments (ILEs) in Aotearoa New Zealand and in Australia with buildings remodelled and new schools built to align with a 21st century imaginary.<br/> This is where schools reflect a flexible, collaborative model of interaction between teachers, between students, and between teachers and students.<br/> There is a focus on student agency where students make decisions around the use of space and take a selfmanaged approach to learning.<br/> There has been much interest in how ILEs best serve the needs of students with typical development.<br/> Less has been said about how thesespaces best support the needs of students who have high and very high needs.