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The Health, Educators, Learners and Parents (HELP) Alliance is an association of Asia Pacific educators and associated stakeholders dedicated to supporting students, within hospitals and in the community, who have chronic medical and/or mental health need

About HELP Alliance

The Health, Educators, Learners and Parents (HELP) Alliance is an association of Asia Pacific educators and associated stakeholders dedicated to supporting students, within hospitals and in the community, who have chronic medical and/or mental health needs.

Vision

To bring together education and health professionals to form an Alliance which ‘unifies our voice’ and allows us to work collaboratively to improve educational outcomes for children and young people who are living with chronic medical and/or mental health needs.

Core Functions

The HELP Alliance’s Core Function is to improve outcomes for children and young people by:
 

  • working collaboratively with peers to develop the best practice and to raise the standards of education for children and young people who have medical and/or mental health needs
  • advocating for exemplary education for children with medical and/or mental health needs
  • increasing awareness of the educational rights and requirements for students with medical and/or mental health needs
  • supporting ongoing collaboration amongst medical, health and education colleagues
  • providing the opportunity for members to build a strong and supportive professional learning community
  • promoting and sharing research to support, validate and guide best practice.

Aims

HELP Alliance aims to achieve its vision by:

  • connecting colleagues
  • building trust
  • enabling dialogue
  • embracing collaborative practices
  • generating and sharing new knowledge, understanding and skills
  • sharing research and best practice
  • developing and promoting HELP Alliance events (professional learning, conferences etc.)

Measurement of Success

HELP Alliance will measure success by:

  • Demonstrating a strong culture of transparency, collegiality and reflection
  • Valuing, inviting and honouring different perspectives and opinions
  • Building the capacity of our health and education colleagues
  • Working collegially to improve student achievement and wellbeing
  • Facilitating a practice of sharing and analysing best practice, data and research.