Webinar recording now available: Improving assessment of functioning for all children

We had an amazing response to our latest webinar, with 2,835 practitioners, parents and policy makers registering to learn about the new National Framework for assessing children’s functional strengths and support needs and how it can be used to improve policy and practice. This was our largest ever webinar and reflected the clear need in the community for a Framework that provides a consistent, evidence-based and culturally responsive approach for assessing, differentiating, and reporting children’s functional strengths and support needs. 

Watch on YouTube   Listen to the podcast

The webinar was presented by Prof David Trembath, Co-chair of the team that developed the Framework, and Dr Rachelle Wicks, a neurodivergent Research Fellow and a core member of the team that developed the Framework. 

The webinar discussed why a Framework is needed, how it was developed, what it says, and what it means for users across health, education, disability and community sectors. There was also a brief Q&A section that provided an opportunity for attendees to ask questions directly to David and Rachelle.

Work has now begun on cross-sector implementation in the community.

This work was commissioned by Autism CRC and made possible with support from the Australian Government Department of Social Services Information, Linkages, and Capacity-Building Grant.