The Students with Disability Assessment Service (SwD-AS) is delivered by AKG Health. We are an independent organisation contracted by the Department of Education (the department). We conduct assessments for students in Victorian government schools to help schools and families to understand the educational support needs of students with disability and high needs.
Assessment service for students with disability
Assessment for students with disability in Victorian government schools
We conduct cognitive, language, and speech assessments to establish whether a student has:
- an intellectual developmental disorder, also known as an intellectual disability, which impacts cognitive development and adaptive behaviour skills for everyday activities;
- a severe communication disorder and high functional needs, attributable to
- a developmental language disorder, characterised by significant and persistent language difficulties affecting the student’s everyday functioning and with no known reason for these difficulties, and/or
- severely disordered speech as a result of childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a rare speech sound disorder affecting the student’s ability to organise the movements of the muscles used in speech.
All assessments are completed by qualified psychologists and speech pathologists.
Further information about the assessment service, including the referral and assessment process, can be found on the department’s website: Assessment service for students with disability.
To make a referral to us, schools can call our team on (03) 9678 5100.
Once a referral has been made, you can review the progress of your referral via your school dashboard. For help logging in to the dashboard, view the dashboard instructions.
Translated parent information sheets
Download parent information sheets in Arabic, Vietnamese, Karen, and Punjabi.
Access the dashboard
Review the progress of your referrals by logging into your school dashboard. View the dashboard instructions for help logging in.
Support resources
Parent and Teacher Resources
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