Dr Joanne Danker
Lecturer
MEd Special and Inclusive Education(UNSW Sydney)
PhD (UNSW Sydney)
Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Education
Joanne Danker is a lecturer in Special Education in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales.
Her research interests include the well-being of students with developmental disabilities (i.e., autism spectrum and intellectual disabilities), inclusive and special education, and engaging individuals with disabilities in research using participatory research approaches. She is particularly interested in using innovative arts-based research approaches such as Photovoice to enable the authentic voices of the often silenced and marginalised children with disabilities to be heard.
E-mail
Location
G42 Morven Brown
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Selected research grants
2024 SoE Research Grants Scheme -Danker, J., Strnadová, I., Scully, J.L., Loblinzk, J., Boyle, J., Tso, M., Dunn, M., Willow, S.A.,Molnar.C., Hansen, J., Terrill, B., Sarfaraz, S., Jackaman, K.M., Hayes, S., Hurd, S., & Palmer, E.E. Balancing protection and empowerment: Family and support people's opinions and preferences about genetic counselling for people with intellectual disability Dowse, L., Lowe, K., & Danker, J.Supporting students with disability in successfully transitioning to and from high school: Review and synthesis of literature.
2024 ADA Faculty Research Grants Scheme.Strnadová, I., Terrill, B., Leach Scully, J., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Chen, C. R., & Palmer, E.Health and genetic health literacy education for students with intellectual disabilities: Parents’ experiences and perspectives
2023-2025 NSW Department of Health.Palmer, E., Strnadová, I., Leach Scully, J., Loblinzk, J., Terrill, B., Boyle, J., Danker, J., Sarfaraz, S., Dunn, M., Tso, M., Willow, S.A., & Molnar, C.GeneEQUAL CHOICE: NSW Health Easy Read Genetic Test Decision Aid and Clinician Education Pack to Support Shared Decision Making about Genetic Testing for People with Intellectual Disability.
2023-2024 Performance Monitoring and Reporting, Strategy andPerformance, Queensland Department of Education, Australia.Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Alonzo, D., Gao, A., Dowse, L., & Loblinzk, J.Development of accessible versions of the Queensland Engagement andWellbeing Survey
2023 Gonski Institute For Education Grant Scheme. Danker, J.,Strnadová, I., Carter, A, & Loblinkz, J. Sexuality, rights and relationships education for students with intellectual disability and autism: A pilot study
2022 NSW Department of Education, Australia.Strnadová, I., Dowse, L., Lowe, K., & Danker, J.Supporting students with disability in successfully transitioning to and from high school: Review and synthesis of literature.
2022-2023NSW Department of Health.Palmer, E., Strnadová, I., Leach Scully, J., Loblinzk, J., Danker, J., Boyle, J., & Tso, M.NSW Health genomics resource package and toolkit for people with intellectual disability
2022 SoE Research Grants Scheme.Danker, J., Strnadová, I., & Dreyfus, S.Scoping review to identify which communication systems adults with severe and profound intellectual disability and communication impairments use for “functional” communication.
2021-2023 Intellectual Disability Rights Service.Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., & Carter, A.Research evaluation of the Rights and Relationships program for high school students and young adults with intellectual disability in New South Wales.
2021-2023 The Inner West Council, Sydney.Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., & Carter, A.Research evaluation of the Rights and Relationships program for high school students and young adults with intellectual disability in Inner West Sydney.
2021-2022 NSW Department of Health.Palmer, E., Strnadová, I., Leach Scully, J., Loblinzk, J., Boyle, J., & Danker, J.NSW Health Genomics Education Inclusive of People with Intellectual Disability.
2021 UNSW Sydney School of Education. Danker, J.,Strnadová, I., Lenne, B., Loblinzk, J., Alonzo, D., Dowse, L., & Tso, M. Students with moderate and high support needs: Perspectives on student well-being.
2020 NSW Department of Education, Australia -Strnadová, I., & Dowse, L.Disability Strategy Implementation: Literature review on support for students with disability.
2020 NSW Department of Education, Australia -Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Dowse, L., & Lenne, B.Capturing perspectives on student well-being from students withintellectual disability and/ or autism in NSW schools:Listeningto voice of students with high support needs.
2020 University of New South Wales Sydney -Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., & Self Advocacy Sydney.Online peer support and peer mentoring and its impact on social inclusion and well-being of people with intellectual disability.
2020University of New South Wales Sydney, Faculty of Arts andSocial Sciences -Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Malouf, R., & IDRS.Sexuality, rights and relationships education for students with intellectual disabilities and autism.
2020University of New South Wales Sydney, Faculty of Arts andSocial Sciences -Strnadová, I., Danker, J., Loblinzk, J., Malouf, R., & IDRS.Sexuality, rights and relationships education for students with intellectual disabilities and autism.
Lee Mills Teacher Education Award, Australasian Association of Special Education (AASE), 2015
Member of the Special and Inclusive Education Research Group - UNSW
My Research Supervision
PhD Students
Michelle Wai Yun Tso -Friendship experiences of adolescent girls on theautism spectrum
Saira Hossain – What really matters for secondary school student well-being in Bangladesh?
EdD Students
Michelle Davies -Supporting siblings through programs/initiatives where there is a disability in the family
Helen Shearing -Love me but let me go: reviewing current practices to improve the outcomes and opportunities for young people with disabilities post-school.
My Teaching
EDST5134 Addressing Special Needs
EDST5118 Professional Practice for Special Education