Reference no: EM133885621

Instructions:

The NDIS Review (2023) and the Improving Outcomes for All Report (2023) both point to the need for greater collaboration among the education, allied health health and community sectors if better outcomes are to be achieved for those living with disability or disadvantage. Indeed, one of the recommendations coming from the Improving Outcomes for All Summary Report is for a "strengthening of links between schools and community and health services, particularly in the most disadvantaged communities, to ensure that schools and students receive the support they need" (p.3). How this will be achieved in practice has yet to be determined but many schools now have allied health professionals on staff and some have allied health staff delivering services to NDIS funded students during school time. The same can be said for early childhood education and care settings. Get online assignment help services Now!

However, if this recommendation were to be implemented, guidelines and processes for such links and collaborations when working with children and students would be needed to ensure that they are person- and family-centred and meet best practice.

Imagine that you have been asked to develop draft guidelines and set out the processes to be followed. Since it is likely that these links will result in plans for individual children/students/families, you are also asked to suggest the documentation to be used when writing individualised plans (e.g. IEPs, IBSPs, IFSPs, ISPs). Finally, you are asked to fill in the template as an exemplar so that all stakeholders are fully aware of what is required of them. Your plan will then be discussed by all of the stakeholders and modifications made until agreement is reached.

Your report must therefore include:

your context and a rationale for why such links are needed (approx. 100 words);
the processes to be followed. This must include the identification of the stakeholders and how they will be involved; meetings to be held; follow-up; evaluation etc. This should ideally take the form of step-by-step instructions setting out what will happen, in what order and who is responsible. This must be supported by your reading and take account of best practice guidelines. (approx. 1,200 words);

the parameters for the individualised plans which will be developed (what can be included and what not). This must be supported by your reading and take account of best practice guidelines. (approx. 600 words);

a template to be used when writing individualised plans. This need not be original (there are many templates on the internet) but your reasons for choosing it must be given and supported. Make sure you acknowledge the source of the template. You should fill in the template as an exemplar for a child/student/family (real or imagined) so that there is a concrete example of how the template is to be used (approx. 600 words)