Resources for School Supports & Advocacy
Welcome to the resource hub. Below you’ll find free guides, infographics, videos, and tools designed to help parents and teachers understand disability legislation, reasonable adjustments, school supports, and inclusive strategies.
Fact Sheets & Helpful Documents
Download a free guide to reasonable adjustments in schools. Learn your child’s rights under Australian law and how to request inclusive support.
Free resource explaining the Disability Standards for Education 2005. Learn what schools must do to support students with disability in Australia, regardless of a child attending public, private or independent school.
A practical guide for families when homework is causing distress, overload, shutdown, conflict, or inequitable expectations.
Download the Parent Prep Toolkit: a practical guide to prepare for school meetings, organise documents, and advocate for your child with confidence.
A 7-step guide to ensuring your child has appropriate supports (reasonable adjustments) while at school.
Free self-advocacy resource to help students build confidence, communicate needs, and navigate school with practical strategies and support.
Choosing a new school can feel overwhelming, especially if your child has additional needs. This free guide gives parents a clear set of key questions to ask during enrolment or school tours, helping you gather the information you need to make an informed decision.
Download a free fact sheet explaining how Australian schools must make reasonable adjustments to uniform requirements for students with disability.
Free Videos (via Rumble)
Free Infographics
When children face too many demands, their brains can become overloaded — leading to shutdowns, meltdowns, or withdrawal. This free guide explains the concept of cognitive overload and offers practical strategies to reduce demands, support regulation, and create space for learning and connection.
Download PDA: Classroom Edition — a guide for teachers and parents with practical strategies to support students with a Pathological Demand Avoidance profile.
Autistic girls are often overlooked or misunderstood because their traits may present differently from boys. This free guide highlights the unique ways autism can appear in girls, helping parents, teachers, and professionals better recognise strengths, challenges, and support needs.
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This is a two page PDF with links to products, services, online resources and practitioners (local to Brisbane).
This free PDF resource helps you move beyond traditional behaviour management approaches and into neuro-affirming strategies that truly support children. Inside, you’ll learn how to shift perspective from “managing behaviour” to understanding the nervous system, regulation, and underlying needs.
What makes a classroom truly inclusive? This free guide outlines eight key traits that create safe, supportive, and neuro-affirming learning environments for all students. It’s a practical tool for teachers wanting to improve their practice and for parents advocating for their child’s needs at school.
Learn how behaviour communicates unmet needs. A neuro-affirming guide for parents and teachers to support children calmly and effectively.
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Behaviour
When children “lose control” or melt down, it can feel sudden — but escalation usually follows a predictable pattern. This guide helps parents and educators understand the stages of escalation, recognise early warning signs, and respond in ways that reduce conflict instead of adding fuel to the fire.
Is your child facing repeated suspensions at school, and you’re not sure what to do next? This practical guide is designed to help parents understand their child’s rights, the school’s obligations, and the steps you can take to advocate for fair, reasonable adjustments.
Challenging behaviour isn’t just about choices — it’s often about the brain and nervous system. This free guide introduces the neuroscience behind behaviour, helping parents and teachers understand what drives emotional outbursts, shutdowns, and dysregulation. With this knowledge, you can respond in ways that are supportive rather than punitive.
Specific Learning Disabilities
This resource bundle brings together practical guides on dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and dyspraxia — three common specific learning disabilities that can impact a child’s confidence and success at school. Designed for both parents and teachers, these guides provide clear, neuro-affirming strategies to support children at home and in the classroom.
Free guide to supporting students with dyslexia. Learn practical strategies, classroom adjustments, and tools to build literacy and confidence.
Dyscalculia is a specific learning disability that affects a child’s ability to understand numbers and maths concepts. This free guide offers practical strategies and adjustments to support children with dyscalculia in the classroom, helping reduce frustration and build confidence with numeracy.
Free guide to supporting students with dysgraphia. Learn practical strategies to build writing confidence and provide effective school adjustments.
Dyspraxia (also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder) can affect a child’s movement, planning, and daily learning. This free guide offers practical strategies to support children with dyspraxia at home and in school, helping them build confidence and independence.
To Share with Teachers
Starting a new school year — or working with a new teacher — can feel daunting when your child is neurodivergent. This free resource provides a ready-to-use letter template that helps parents introduce their child, share important strengths and needs, and set the foundation for collaboration with teachers.
Children with a Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) profile often need teachers who understand their unique ways of coping with stress and demands. This free resource provides a customisable letter template parents can use to introduce their child, explain PDA in clear terms, and outline strategies that support inclusion and reduce conflict.