Goal 6: Staff are collaborative in consulting with people with a disability and their families

Actions

Responsibility

Timeframes

Completion

Monitoring

1.  Maintain the role of the Parent Reference Group for students with disabilities.

Learning Services

Ongoing

Annually

2.  Work in partnerships with parents in decision-making and service provisions.

Learning Services

Ongoing

Ongoing

3.  Participate in and contribute to interagency groups and initiatives to ensure a cohesive range of support.

Learning Services

Ongoing

Ongoing

4.  Develop processes for effective partnerships with parents/carers in supporting the educational needs of students with disabilities.

Schools

Ongoing

Ongoing

5.  Promote Family Partnership Training and the associated model as the preferred approach for working with and supporting families of students with disabilities and those with complex needs.

Learning Services

Ongoing

Ongoing

6.  Liaise with and provide resource support to the Association for Children with Disability in its advocacy role supporting parents and students with disabilities.

Learning Services

Ongoing

Ongoing

7.  Establish a Skills Tasmania Equity Committee reporting to the Skills Tasmania Board, with people representing disability to provide equity advice on policy development and the purchase of training for equity groups.

Skills Tasmania

By 2009 and ongoing

Annually

8.  Establish consultative processes for liaising with people with a disability and their support groups /networks, e.g., through

• an annual Equity Forum
• consultative mechanisms as required
• regular liaison with organisations and stakeholders representing the interests of people with a disability and Vocational Education and Training.

Skills Tasmania

Ongoing

Annually

9.  Provide multiple feedback avenues allowing people to respond in a variety of ways.

Whole of Agency

Ongoing

Ongoing