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Supporting Students with Additional Learning Needs

The department's resource Supporting Students with Additional Learning NeedsExternal Link 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 the Program for Students with Disabilities (PSD) and the roll out of Disability Inclusion.

Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities Program

For further information about the program, refer to Inclusive education for students with disabilitiesExternal Link .

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

Supporting students with complex communication needs (CCN)

Program for Students with Disability (PSD) resources

Program for Students with Disabilities – operational guidelines for schools 2024 (DOCX)External Link :

Assessment service for students with disability

Students turning 19 or 20 with individualised disability funding completing an accredited senior or foundation secondary course

Professional development and resources

  • Inclusive Classrooms professional learning programExternal Link offers a suite of blended learning courses for school staff focused on practical teaching strategies, adjustments and supports at the school, classroom and individual levels. Courses include supporting students with autism, behaviour, hearing loss, learning difficulties, oral language needs and vision impairment.
  • Statewide Vision Resource CentreExternal Link provides professional learning opportunities for school staff and allied health professionals in addition to specialised and professional assistance and resources, including the provision of learning materials in alternative formats to support students who are blind or have low vision.
  • Victorian Deaf Education InstituteExternal Link provides professional learning opportunities for school staff to improve learning and wellbeing outcomes for deaf or hard of hearing students
  • Diverse Learners HubExternal Link provides evidence-based advice, information, resources and professional learning opportunities for school staff on how to identify and support ‘diverse learners’, including students with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning difficulties such as dyslexia and dyscalculia.

Career guidance

  • A job well doneExternal Link provides access to a set of resources to help students with disability prepare for work experience and understand their occupational health and safety responsibilities.
  • Career education and workplace learning for students with disabilityExternal Link includes a range of tools and resources to support students with disability, their career practitioners and teachers, and their parents, with career and pathways planning. This includes advice about preparing for workplace learning experiences and strengthened career education guides.

Other support for schools

Supported Inclusion Schools Operational Manual

Supported Inclusion Schools Operational Manual (DOCX)External Link – 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.

Resources page containing supporting resources and links for this topic, including links to the Department's comprehensive resources on supporting students with additional learning needs

Reviewed 12 September 2024

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