Welcome to RDLO/ DCO
Welcome to the National Disability Coordination Officers Website.
This website provides information to assist people with a disability move from school into training and higher education, and then into their chosen career. Further information and resources for Teachers and Support Staff can be found on the ADCET website.
The NDCO in your area can help you to access the following services:
- Information & advice on post-school options, supports & services.
- Assistance in understanding the transition to post-secondary education and training, and to employment.
- Links with appropriate people to help you plan for and make a successful entry into further study and employment.
- Advocacy to improve your region's services.
The National Disability Coordination Officer Programme will assist people with a disability to access post-school education and training, and subsequent employment, through a comprehensive national network of 31 National Disability Coordination Officers ('NDCOs' or 'officers'). These officers will offer information, coordination and referral services for people with a disability who are interested in, or enrolled in, post-school education and training.
The Programme has the following three key objectives:
- Improved transitions for people with a disability between school and/or the community and Higher Education and/or Vocational Education and Training, and then on to subsequent employment;
- Improved participation by people with a disability in Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training, and subsequent employment; and
- Improved linkages between schools, Higher Education and Vocational Education and Training providers and providers of disability programmes and assistance, such as those funded by the Department of Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
The development of website was funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training, but it is not owned or controlled by the Australian Government. Also, the Australian Government has not authored or approved the content or accuracy of the website, and users should not rely on the information as an official Australian Government source