Students with Disability

Resources

Quick guides to supporting students with disability

School staff will be working with families and ensuring educational, wellbeing and engagement supports are in place. This is a focus for Term 3 and 4 so that students are connected with learning and engaged in a positive transition into 2022.  

Quick guides are available to share key information, guidance and resources for supporting students with disability. This includes a guide that can be shared with parents and carers.

To access these guides, refer to:

• Quick guide to supporting students with disability – resources for teachers and school staff (Word)
• Quick guide to supporting students with disability – resources for parents and carers (Word)

Supporting Students with Additional Learning Needs 

The Department's resource Supporting Students with Additional Leaning Needs provides comprehensive information for schools, including further guidance, teaching materials and programs available to support students with additional learning needs. It also contains specific information on Program for Students with Disabilities (PSD).

Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities Program

For further information on the Inclusive education for students with Disabilities program, refer to Inclusive education for students with disabilities. 

For an Easy English version of the Inclusive Education Policy, refer to:

• Inclusive Education Policy — Easy English (PDF)
• Inclusive Education Policy — Easy English (accessible PDF)

Transition support for students with disability

The provision of quality educational, wellbeing and engagement supports is essential for students with disability to successfully achieve a confident and cohesive transition. Key transition points include Kindergarten to Grade Prep, Grade 6 to Year 7, and final year students transitioning to post-secondary options.

For further information refer to:

• Fact sheet on transition support for students with disability
• Fact sheet on post-secondary transition support for final year students with disability

Supported Inclusion Schools Operational Manual

Supported Inclusion Schools Operational Manual – A Supported Inclusion School is a mainstream school with additional professional capabilities and facilities designed to cater to a higher proportion of students with significant disability. Students with disability are provided enhanced support to receive high quality, evidence-based educational provision alongside mainstream students in a safe, accessible and supportive environment. The manual supports school principals and the Department’s regional and central staff to implement the Supported Inclusion Schools model.

School Update articles relevant to this topic (staff login required)

• Quick guides are now available to support students with disability (staff login required) — published 27 October 2020
• Post-secondary transition support for students with disability (staff login required) — published 21 October 2020
• Apply for the Program for Students with Disabilities (staff login required) — published 15 September 2020