Over the next 2 years, a departmental research project will explore how we can best support children with complex medical needs, disability or developmental delay (children with additional needs) in Victorian kindergartens.
The project will inform us about ways to improve supports for children with additional needs in the medium to long term.
It will include:
- a survey to help us understand the level and type of support needed for children with additional needs in funded kindergarten programs. The survey is open in August and September
- designing and testing a new Kindergarten Inclusion Support Profile to better identify children’s support needs
- developing options for new kindergarten inclusion support programs and activities to support children with additional needs.
Look out for your invitation to complete our survey
We are inviting a representative sample of services to participate in the process who will receive an invitation shortly.
If you receive an invitation, we encourage you to please complete the survey so we get an accurate picture of needs across different locations and service types.
Continuing our research
Over the next 2 years, we will contact a range of services from across Victoria about taking part in this research project, to ensure the project gives us a clear picture of inclusion support needs across the state.
This project will ensure that as we implement our Best Start, Best Life reforms, we are supporting the children who benefit the most from participation in kindergarten programs.
We appreciate your support of this work as it progresses.
Find out more
For more information, please refer to the Kindergarten Inclusion Support webpage.
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