STRATEGIC INCLUSION PLAN

A Strategic Inclusion Plan (SIP) is an inclusion planning tool for early childhood education and care (ECEC) services accessing the Inclusion Support Program (ISP). The SIP aims to support services to improve and embed inclusive practice in each care environment for the inclusion of children with additional needs alongside their typically developing peers. The development of a SIP, guided by the Inclusion Agency, recognises a service’s current inclusive capacity and capability. It identifies a service’s barriers to inclusion and their planning, including proposed strategies and actions, to address these barriers.

The SIP should be regarded as a ‘living’ document, implemented, updated on a continual basis, and reviewed within a 12-month period. The SIP should reflect any changes and record the progress made. The SIP must be reviewed by the Inclusion Agency. The development of a SIP is the mechanism for accessing ongoing support from the program and is necessary to obtain funding through the Inclusion Development Fund (IDF).

Further information is available on the Department of Education, Skills and Employment website.

Reason for completing paper-based SIP	Choose an item.	SIP ID (if applicable)	Click here to enter text.
Service name	Click here to enter text.
Primary approval Id	Click here to enter text.	Victorian Inclusion Agency (VIA) phone number	1800 177 017
Service contact	Click here to enter text.	Victorian Inclusion Agency (VIA) region number	Choose an item.
Service contact phone	Click here to enter text.	Inclusion Professional name*	Click here to enter text.
Service contact email	Click here to enter text.
Service address	Click here to enter text.

* For guidance and support with this form please contact your Inclusion Professional. If you are unsure of your Inclusion Professional, please contact the VIA on 1800 177 017.

Service profile

Service details

The service profile collects information on the number of children enrolled in your service by the cohorts the ISP supports. The purpose of the service profile is to assist the IA to understand the inclusion needs and practices of your service.

Total number of children enrolled at your service	Click here to enter text.
Total number of licensed places	Click here to enter text.
Total number of staff	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children with a disability or undergoing assessment	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children from a culturally and linguistically diverse background	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children from a refugee or humanitarian background	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children with language/speech delays	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children with challenging behaviours	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children who have a serious medical or health condition, including mental health	Click here to enter text.
Number of enrolled children who are presenting with trauma-related behaviours	Click here to enter text.
Total number of enrolled children with additional needs	Click here to enter text.

Service inclusion practices

How does your service promote learning experiences, interactions and participation to build on children’s strengths and encourage involvement?

Reflective questions for your service to consider in responding to this question include:

What does your service do daily to show their commitment to the inclusion of all children?

What is your service’s philosophy and policies in relation to inclusion?

How is this reflected in your service’s practices?

How does your service ensure the program and daily routines cater to all children?

How is the physical environment organised to encourage participation and interaction between peers?

What strategies do educators use to encourage participation and interaction between peers?

How does your service identify and build on children’s strengths?

What resources do educators use or what modifications are made to encourage children’s engagement?

What professional development is provided to educators to increase the use of inclusive practices?

What are your service’s strengths in regards to the inclusion of all children?

What would your service like to do to build on their strengths in this area?

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Community outreach

How will your service engage with families in the community who do not currently access early childhood education and care services?

Reflective questions for your service to consider in responding to this question include:

How will your service target and promote your service to families not accessing your services? E.g., to CALD families, Aboriginal families.

How will your service promote the educational benefits for children attending your service in your local community?

How will your service demonstrate to the local community that you offer an inclusive program open to all children?

What involvement does your service have in the local community? How will your service utilise these opportunities to promote access for all children and families?

How will your service liaise with other sectors and local agencies/groups (e.g., health/migrant services and the other educational institutions in the local area) to build educator knowledge and build community links?

How will your service seek feedback from the community to identify if your service is catering to the needs of the community and local families?

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Care environment: Click here to enter text.

Inclusion profile

The inclusion profile is in the context of a care environment in your service and provides information on the total number of staff and total number of children present in the care environment.

What is the total number of children in the care environment per standard week?	Click here to enter text.
What is the total number of staff in the care environment per standard week (excluding additional educators)?	Click here to enter text.
Age of the youngest child in the care environment?	Years	Choose an item.	Months	Choose an item.
Age of the oldest child in the care environment?	Years	Choose an item.	Months	Choose an item.
On average, how confident are the educators in the care environment to include children with additional needs?	Choose an item.
Are kindergarten or preschool programs offered in this care environment that receive child-based State Government funding?	Choose an item.
Date of effect	Click here to enter a date.

Strategic Inclusion Plan (SIP)

Barrier category	Select barrier.
Barrier	Choose an item.	Custom barrier	Click here to enter text.
Start date	Click here to enter a date.
Strategy	Choose an item.	Custom strategy	Click here to enter text.

Action item
Date created	Click here to enter a date.	Action status	Choose an item.	Progress status	Choose an item.
What is the action to address this strategy?	How and when will you implement this action?	What resource will be used to implement this action?	Progress notes
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Action item
Date created	Click here to enter a date.	Action status	Choose an item.	Progress status	Choose an item.
What is the action to address this strategy?	How and when will you implement this action?	What resource will be used to implement this action?	Progress notes
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(Only complete when the barrier is no longer impacting the care environment)

Barrier end date	Click here to enter a date.
Reason	Click here to enter text.

Barrier category	Select barrier.
Barrier	Choose an item.	Custom barrier	Click here to enter text.
Start date	Click here to enter a date.
Strategy	Choose an item.	Custom strategy	Click here to enter text.

Action item
Date created	Click here to enter a date.	Action status	Choose an item.	Progress status	Choose an item.
What is the action to address this strategy?	How and when will you implement this action?	What resource will be used to implement this action?	Progress notes
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Action item
Date created	Click here to enter a date.	Action status	Choose an item.	Progress status	Choose an item.
What is the action to address this strategy?	How and when will you implement this action?	What resource will be used to implement this action?	Progress notes
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(Only complete when the barrier is no longer impacting the care environment)

Barrier end date	Click here to enter a date.
Reason	Click here to enter text.

Review (Inclusion Professional to complete)

Services are not required to complete this section.

When reviewing a SIP, Inclusion Professionals should consider the service’s current inclusive capacity and capability and how this has helped progress the strategies in place to address the inclusion barriers identified in the inclusion profile.

Have you reviewed the current service profile? Choose an item.

Have you reviewed the current inclusion profile? Choose an item.

Have you reviewed the barriers and strategies associated with the care environment? Choose an item.

Review findings

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THE INCLUSION SUPPORT PROGRAM (ISP) IS FUNDED BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EMPLOYMENT. AS PART OF THE ISP, THE VICTORIAN INCLUSION AGENCY IS LED BY COMMUNITY CHILD CARE ASSOCIATION, AND IS DELIVERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOORALLA AND KU CHILDREN’S SERVICES.