Introduction

As a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), how well do you meet the needs of your learners with a disability?

As an Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) auditor, how well do you assess whether RTOs meet the needs of their learners with a disability?

This Resource can help you review how you do these things and make improvements.

It provides useful information and trigger questions for reviewing what you currently do.

Purpose of this Resource

The purpose of this Resource is to help RTOs:

• meet the needs of learners with a disability
• access further information and support for staff working with learners with a disability.

Other Resources

This Resource is part of a suite of three resources on equity and the AQTF. 

The other resources are:

• Working with Diversity: A Guide to Equity and the Australian Quality Training Framework
• Working with Diversity: Quality training for Indigenous Australians.

Figure 1 outlines the content of the three resources.

Who should read this?

This Resource has been written for:

• RTOs, including managers, trainers and assessors, administrators and support staff
• organisations wanting to become RTOs
• AQTF auditors
• people working with RTOs and AQTF auditors, for example those providing professional development services
• interested community and industry groups and employers.

When and how should we read this?

This Resource has been developed for 'just in time' use.  That is, it is meant to be used as and when you need the information.  It uses links to ensure that you can get to the information you need quickly.

A number of icons will help you find your way through this Resource:

	AQTF Standards - denotes the specific Standards of the AQTF Standards for Registered Training Organisations that relate to the issue
	What others are doing - provides examples of what other RTOs are doing
	Questions for RTOs - denotes key questions an RTO might ask and consider
	Key issues - outlines key issues RTOs face and provides suggestions.

If you are reading this on-line, use the links to navigate through the resource; if you are reading a printed version, use the page numbers instead.