Next Steps Decision Tool

A guided tool to help teachers, parents, and allied health professionals identify possible next steps when they have concerns about a child's development, learning, or wellbeing.

Autism / ASD ADHD Anxiety Learning Difficulties

⚠️ Important — Please Read Before Starting

This tool is designed to support your thinking and help identify possible next steps. It does not provide a diagnosis and is not a substitute for professional assessment by a qualified practitioner. Results should be considered alongside professional judgement.

About your data: Your responses are stored anonymously to help us refine the tool over time. No identifying information about you or the child is collected — we never ask for names, contact details, or anything that could identify a person. Stored data is held securely in Australia.

I understand this tool does not provide a diagnosis, and I consent to my anonymous responses being stored to help improve the tool.

Step 1 of 9

Tell us what's on your mind

Before we get to specific questions, share a little about what's been concerning you about the child — in your own words.

💡 What helps: specific examples, when you started noticing things, how the child experiences day-to-day life — at school, at home, with friends. Even a few sentences give us valuable context that the structured questions can't capture.

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Please share a little — even one sentence is helpful.

Step 2 of 9

Who are you completing this as?

This helps us tailor the recommendations to your context and role.

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Teacher or Educator

Including classroom teachers, learning support staff, teacher aides, or school leaders

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Parent or Carer

Including guardians, grandparents, or family members with primary care responsibility

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Allied Health Professional

Including psychologists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, paediatricians, or support workers

Please select your role to continue.

Step 3 of 9

About the child

This helps contextualise the questions for the child's developmental stage.

Child's age

Current school stage

Please select the child's age and school stage.

Step 4 of 9

What words describe this child?

Click any words that fit. This builds a fuller picture alongside the structured questions. Optional — feel free to skip if nothing quite fits.

💚 Strengths & positive qualities

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🌱 Areas that can be challenging

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Questions — Part 1 of 4

How often do you observe the following?

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Questions — Part 2 of 4

How often do you observe the following?

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Questions — Part 3 of 4

How often do you observe the following?

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Questions — Part 4 of 4

How often do you observe the following?

Please answer all questions before continuing.