This Handbook has been created by Karenza Harding, Mental Health OT for SPRW to empower parents and carers to advocate for their neurodivergent child's educational needs. It aims to offer practical tools and strategies to help build strong school-family relationships and promote effective collaboration.

This handbook provides information on supporting the mental health of neurodivergent students in school including equality vs equity, understanding neurodiversity, neurodiversity affirming classrooms, understanding pathological/extreme demand avoidance, and Individual Educational Plans. The handbook is aimed at schools, teachers, educators and families.

This flyer summarises the recommendations of the Disability Royal Commission from Volume 7 Inclusive Education, Employment and Housing. The Commission identified that mainstream and special/segregated education in Australia are failing to realise an inclusive society for some people with disability. Knowing the recommendations can help provide the foundations of your own advocacy work.

The start of the school year can be difficult for neurodivergent and disabled young people. Our members told us what helps their young person have a positive start to the new school year. We at Square Peg Round Whole, have collated the responses into a handy resource to help you plan for the return to the classroom.