DIVERSASIA - Best practices

The purpose of Professional Practice Guides, including this document, is to guide schools’ decision-making in relation to identifying, purchasing and implementing inclusive equipment and assistive technology. This document includes: • a recommended process to support schools’ decision-making • an evidence-based framework for evaluating inclusive software. This Professional Practice Guide is to be read together with the Inclusive Software Catalogue, available at the Department’s FUSE website. The catalogue provides a teacher-curated list of inclusive software used in Victorian government schools to: • support students to participate in all aspects of school life • improve students’ access to learning • enhance communication between students, families, teachers and school staff • enhance student engagement, independence and agency • build inclusive school environments in which all students are supported to learn together.