Education
Adjustment Program (EAP)
EAP Validation
Current at May 2013
Purpose:
• to understand the validation process
• to enhance programs for students with
disability by sharing knowledge and
skills
Setting the EAP context
The EAP has a legislative basis
– Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act
(1991)
– Disability Discrimination Act (1992)
– Disability Standards for Education
(2005)
– Education (General Provisions) Act
(2006)
Validation
Validation is a quality assurance
process that:
• ensures the accuracy of adjustments being
recorded by schools on submitted EAP profiles
• ensures consistency in reporting adjustments
on EAP profiles is maintained over time and
across school settings
• continues the supportive processes to assist
schools become confident with the use of the
EAP profile
EAP Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance
Points
Identification
Step 2
Obtain & record parent permission to start process
Step 3
Diagnosis / Specialist Assessment
Step 4
Register student on database (AIMS)
Approved Statewide
Verifiers
Step 5
Verification of Disability
Principal authorises
accuracy
Step 6
EAP profile completed and submitted
Recognised Specialists
Step 7
Validation process
Validation
Adjustments
Step 1
What does Validation mean for schools?
Validation determines whether the EAP
profile reflects the adjustments recorded in
the submitted documentation.
School Documentation
May include the following areas:
• curriculum planning documents identifying
differentiation and adjustments
• timetables for students and staff
• specific plans e.g. specialised health
requirements, risk management, individual
behaviour support
• Individual Support Plan (ISP) or equivalent
• student data/reporting
Validation
• will not ask schools to create additional
documents to what is reasonably expected for
the planning, delivery and monitoring of a
student’s education program
• will not make judgements about the quality of
a school or a student’s program (this is the
responsibility of the principal)
Validation Process
Statewide validators facilitate the process
• Statewide validators will work to implement
the process and will have a statewide
responsibility for validation
• Statewide validators will consult with schools
and regions to validate a sample of EAP
profiles
EAP Validation Process
Analysis of EAP profile data
Discuss validation process with regional personnel
Sample selection
Notify schools of validation sample
Communicate with principals
School consultation and collection of documentation
Analysis of school documentation
Validation outcome
Feedback to school team and regional personnel
Selection of EAP profiles for validation
process
A sample of EAP profiles are selected
across:
 disability categories
 school sectors
 regions
Notification of Validation
Statewide validator:
• phones principal to arrange school
consultation
• emails the following documents to the
principal:
 EAP Profile Notification Letter
 Advises of profiles to be validated and details of school
consultation
 EAP Validation Form
 Used to identify documents to support the student’s current
program
School Process
School personnel:
•
consider the current approved EAP profiles (on Adjustment
Information Management System - AIMS)
•
collate documents supporting current adjustments
•
prepare a copy (may be electronic) of the documents (please note
that document sets will not be returned to schools) in accordance
with the EAP Validation Form
•
attach EAP Validation Form with the principal’s signature to the
front of the document set
•
participate in the validation feedback
School consultation process
Discussion with principal, HOSES and HOC –
topics include:
• EAP process including profile completion and documentation of
adjustments
• school EAP Profile data analysis
• validation process
• validation sample
Submission of school documentation
documentation may be submitted electronically
Validation Outcome
Following analysis of documentation, the
statewide validators
• determine the validation outcome
• provide feedback including recommended
actions and timelines for completion
Validation Completion
The Statewide Validation team:
• Provide feedback and collaboratively develop an
action plan with the school
• ensures the completion of actions recommended
within designated timeframes
• Provide a regional validation summary report
• Support regions to implement the validation
outcomes
Key Messages…
• Validation ensures data obtained through
the EAP profile is valid and reliable
• Schools submit documents to support
current adjustments
• Statewide validators determine the
validation outcome
EAP Validation Information
Further information is
available from EAP Validation Website
http://education.qld.gov.au/students/disabilities/adjustment/validation/index.html