From the Website of the Special Education Resource Unit (SERU)

Purpose of the Negotiated Education Plan (NEP)

 The purpose of the NEP is to enable educators, families and learners to jointly develop appropriate curriculum
 based on the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability (SACSA) Framework, taking into
 consideration the needs of the learner. The NEP is part of school reporting and recording and should be regularly
 reviewed as part of this process

An NEP should:

• be holistic
• reflect high expectations for the student
• support high achievement by the student
• detail educational provision that is different or additional from other students
• be a working document
• be connected to the curriculum
• be accessible, achievable, manageable and understandable to all involved in the process.

• the student's strengths, interests, motivations, hopes and dreams
• current concerns, needs and barriers to learning
• what accommodations need to be made?
• what teaching strategies will be used?
• what assessments are appropriate?
• parent input, student input and relevant information about social, emotional and behavioural issues
• any agreed actions.

What is the NEP?

 The NEP is a structured plan available in electronic form to help educators, families and learners to jointly develop
 appropriate curriculum based on the South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability (SACSA)
 Framework and the needs of the learner. Information and forms can be printed for manual use as required. The
 NEP is compulsory for students identified as eligible for support under the Students with Disabilities Policy and
 includes:
 

• a teaching and learning plan
• a collection of:

 Also included in this format is:
 

• information relating to the education of students with disabilities
• a list of Department of Education and Children's Services (DECS) and non-DECS support services.

Our example NCPs maybe in a different format etc but we have left them here so parents can gain some ideas on what may be included in their child’s individual education plan.
 

Parents attending their first NEP meeting may feel uncomfortable and bewildered as to what the NEP process is about, what goes into an NEP.

This page is designed to provide a variety of examples of actual NCPs for hearing impaired children provided to PHISA by parents. Our aim for this page is to have a range of NCPs representing children of differing ages, differing levels of hearing loss, differing educational placements and differing methods of communication. Parents can view these NCPs prior to the NCP meeting of their own child and pick and choose relevant information to add to their child's NCP. The American equivalent of the NCP is the IEP (Individual Education Plan). See some IEPs for hearing impaired children.  Our example NCPs maybe in a different format etc but we have left them here so parents can gain some ideas on what may be included in their child’s individual education plan.

We are seeking your help to make this comprehensive resource a reality. Please consider providing your child's NEP for use on this page. All details identifying the child, the parents, the school and other DETE/ independent school staff are removed prior to addition to this page. If you would like to include parts of your child's NEP on this page, please post or fax a copy to PHISA.

1. Preschool age child (with cochlear implant), auditory-verbal approach, mainstream kindergarten with program for children with hearing impairment.
2. Reception age child (oral) in mainstream primary school (DETE)
3. Reception age child (oral) in mainstream primary school (independent)
4. Year 2 child (oral) in a mainstream primary school.

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