PREP + HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITION SUPPORT | BRISBANE
Help the next school understand more about your child before the transition is already happening
Starting Prep and moving into high school are big shifts.
The environment changes. The expectations change. The people change. The supports may need to change too.
Honeycomb's school transition support helps Brisbane families bring together the information, recommendations and conversations that may help the next school begin with a stronger understanding of the child.
You want the new school to know more than the enrolment form can tell them.
What does overwhelm look like for your child?
Which supports already help?
What has Kindy or the current school learned?
What have allied health professionals recommended?
What does the family know that would be useful for the new setting to understand?
And, especially when choosing a high school, what questions do you need to ask to understand whether the environment and available supports may suit your child?
A thoughtful transition gives that information somewhere to go.
KINDY TO PREP
The first formal year of school does not have to begin with everyone learning your child from scratch.
Honeycomb can help bring that information together and prepare recommendations families can take into conversations with the school as their child moves into Prep.
That may include looking at:
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The child’s Kindy transition information
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Relevant allied health reports
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Family observations and priorities
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Existing supports or approaches that are already helping
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Recommendations that may be useful for the school to consider
The goal is to make important context easier to carry into the next setting.
For a child with diagnosed or imputed disability, information may already exist across Kindy, allied health professionals and the family.
PRIMARY TO HIGH SCHOOL
Choosing the next school is also a conversation about fit and support.
Honeycomb can help families think through relevant considerations, prepare recommendations, attend school interviews and participate in meetings with prospective schools.
The aim is not to declare that one school is universally “best.”
It is to help you ask informed questions about the environment, available supports and how the school approaches the needs your child may bring with them.
For some families, the transition to high school starts long before the first day.
You may be considering different schools and trying to work out which environment could support your child's learning, disability and individual needs, including what high school could look like for an autistic child.
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HOW WE PREPARE
Start with the child you already know, then look at the environment they are moving into.
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We gather the information already available.
Depending on the transition, that might include Kindy information, current school context, allied health reports and family observations.
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We identify what the next school may need to understand.
We look at existing supports, professional recommendations, concerns about the transition and the questions worth raising.
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We prepare the next conversation.
For Prep, that may involve preparing recommendations for the new school.
For high school, it can also include support around school selection conversations, interviews and meetings with prospective schools.
Not every part of change can be made predictable. Some parts can be prepared for.
A new environment may still feel big.
The goal is not to remove every unknown
It is to help the adults involved begin with stronger information.
A school that understands what distress may look like for a child has something more meaningful to work from.
A family that knows the relevant reports and recommendations have been brought into the conversation has one less thing to rebuild from memory.
And a child gets a better chance of entering the new environment with important context already surrounding them.
BEFORE THE TRANSITION STARTS
Frequently asked questions
MEET BRONNIE
Important information should not reset to zero because the classroom changed.
Having worked within education and navigated it as a parent, I understand how easily valuable information can become fragmented between settings even when everybody involved wants the transition to go well.
Honeycomb helps families bring that information forward before the new environment has to learn everything the hard way.
