19 SepYour Input Needed: Disability Inclusion Needs Survey
Throughout 2024 and 2025, the department is conducting research into best practice assessment methods for determining access to inclusion support for children with complex medical needs, disability or developmental delay (children with additional needs) in kindergarten. This research will inform advice provided to the Victorian Government about opportunities to improve supports for children with additional needs in the medium-long term.
The research includes:
- the disability inclusion needs survey to be completed by kindergarten teachers about the children currently enrolled to understand the level and type of support needs for children with additional needs in funded kindergarten programs across Victoria
- designing and testing a new Kindergarten Inclusion Support Profile to identify children’s support needs
- developing options for new support programs and activities for children, education teams and services to provide inclusive education.
The disability inclusion needs survey (the survey)
The survey is currently open for a small number of invited services to complete. The survey is open until 22 September.
Services have been invited to participate as part of a representative sample of kindergartens across Victoria. If you have been invited, you should have received an email inviting you to participate from the department (ec.inclusion.research@education.vic.gov.au) and providing you with a range of materials to support completion.
If you are invited and have not already completed the survey, it would be great if you could complete it this week. It provides important information about the demand for inclusion in Victorian kindergartens, and the pressures placed on the sector. If you have any questions, please reach out to ec.inclusion.research@education.vic.gov.au.
