Positive Education Planning

A successful year at school requires planning and input from parents and a positive approach towards including children with a disability by everyone involved in your child's education.

Our Positive Education Planning booklet includes parent stories and information on the following topics: Parents and schools: Developing positive partnerships, The Student Support Group, Understanding your child as a learner, Individual Learning Plans, Setting goals, Supports for students with a disability, Measuring your child's progress, Raising a concern, and Advocating for your child.

Copies are available free to families and schools. Service providers and professionals can also order multiple copies free of charge to give to families. A postage charge applies for bulk orders.

Publication order form

Publication Order Form (871 KB PDF)

Complete booklet

Positive Education Planning booklet (5.6M PDF) (202K DOC)

Individual sections

• Contents (42K PDF) (27K DOC)

• Introduction (887K PDF) (27K DOC)

• Parent story: A successful school experience (227K PDF) (29K DOC)

• Parents and schools: Developing positive partnerships (1M PDF) (30K DOC)

• The Student Support Group (520K PDF) (41K DOC)

• Understanding your child as a learner (476K PDF) (32K DOC)

• Individual Learning Plans (439K PDF) (32K DOC)

• Setting goals (732K PDF) (38K DOC)

• Supports for students with a disability (344K PDF) (37K DOC)

• Measuring your child's progress (464K PDF) (30K DOC)

• Parent story: Preparation and communication (431K PDF) (28K DOC)

• Raising a concern (485K PDF) (39K DOC)

• Advocating for your child (324K PDF) (32K DOC)

• Advocacy organisations (261K PDF) (42K DOC)

• Other useful information (260K PDF) (33K DOC)

• Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) (1M PDF) (38K DOC)

• Notes (46K PDF) (26K DOC)

• Parent feedback (76K PDF) (32K DOC)

For more information contact Fiona Gullifer, Manager Information Resources on 03 9818 2000 or 1800 654 013 (rural callers) or email fionag@acd.org.au

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