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Tailored Learning

Your path to learning, skills, and future opportunities

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Tailored Learning in South Australia

What is Tailored Learning?

Tailored Learning is a program designed for young people from Year 8 to Year 12 who might find school challenging or feel disconnected from learning.

It gives participants a different way to learn - one that fits their life and helps them succeed.

Why Tailored Learning?

Sometimes life gets complicated. Tailored Learning is here to help young people stay on track by:

  • Understanding their needs through personalised support
  • Helping with life challenges that make learning hard
  • Connecting participants to real opportunities for education, training, and jobs
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How does Tailored Learning work?

When you join Tailored Learning with APM, you’ll get:

Case Management

  • Regular support with a friendly case manager
  • Meet at your school or at our local APM site
  • Access to other helpful programs and services

Group Programs

  • Fun and practical sessions designed for your group’s needs
  • Learn skills together and build confidence

eLearning

  • Online modules from Employable Me to boost your job readiness
A student holding notebooks and a phone while walking along a campus pathway, showcasing APM Futures Tailored Support program.

Person-centred support

Our Youth Connections and Pathways Model shows how APM’s Tailored Learning program works. 

At the center is the student. Around them is a Youth Hub Team with coaches and specialists who help with learning, wellbeing, and planning for their future. 

Outside the hub are extra supports like health services, community groups, and job pathways.

Students who join our program, may get access to:

  • Personalised guidance from youth coaches and professionals
  • Health and wellbeing services
  • Connections to community and cultural groups
  • Support for school leavers and mental health needs
  • Clear pathways to employment and further training

APM’s role is to bring everyone together and make sure they work as one team for the student. 

We coordinate their Youth Hub Team, set up meetings, share information, and create one clear plan so they don’t have to manage different services alone. 

We also connect them to outside supports like doctors, training providers, and employers. Everything is organised so each student gets the right help at the right time to reach their goals.

Circular diagram titled Youth Hub Team. Student at center, surrounded by Parent/carer, School, APM case management service, and eight outer roles: Occupational therapist, Speech pathologist, Youth coach, Employment coach, Psychology services, Habit coach, Behaviour support practitioner.
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The diagram is a circular hub-and-spoke model representing the Youth Hub Team structure.

At the center is Student. Surrounding the student are three inner-ring segments: Parent/carer, School, and APM case management service. A middle ring labeled Youth Hub Team encircles these elements.

The outer ring shows specialist roles: Occupational therapist, Speech pathologist, Youth coach, Employment coach, Psychology services, Habit coach, and Behaviour support practitioner.

Most outer segments are dark blue; Youth coach and APM case management service are orange; Parent/carer and School are teal; all labels use white text. Thin white dividers separate segments, with a decorative orange arc outside the ring.

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What makes Tailored Learning different?

  • Flexible and tailored: We work with participants and schools to create a plan that suits their goals
  • Engaging modules: Developed by experienced allied health professionals 
  • Community connections: Meet people, build networks, and discover opportunities
  • Career pathways: Move toward further training or employment

Tailored Learning was previously known as Flexible Learning Options (FLO).

Who can join?

Participants who are

  • In school years 8 to 12
  • At risk of leaving school or struggling to stay engaged
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A student working on a laptop in a classroom setting with peers, highlighting APM Futures Tailored Support program.

Why choose APM Futures?

APM Futures delivers Tailored Learning in South Australia. That means:

  • We know your community
  • We offer intensive, flexible, and professional support
  • We help you connect with accredited and non-accredited learning options
  • As part of APM Employment Services, we’re part of a national network of training and employment support

As part of APM Employment Services, we also have access to additional support and experience for the following employment services:

  • Inclusive Employment Australia
  • Workforce Australia
  • Employability Skills Training
  • Self-Employment Assistance
  • NDIS Employment Supports (School Leaver’s Employment Support)
  • Apprenticeships

 

Learning modules include

  • Writing resumes and job applications
  • Sitting in the interview
  • Interview preparation
  • Understanding workplace expectations
  • Real world work experience
  • Working with employers and work colleagues
  • Career progression
  • Starting the job
  • Identifying work preferences
  • Identity and strengths

Participants have access to multiple training opportunities through our partners, as well as these popular modules:

  • Establishing vocational identity
  • Personal presentation
  • Soft skills development
  • Communication
  • Digital literacy
  • Time management
  • Self-advocacy
  • Using public transport
  • Handling money and budgeting
  • Financial literacy

Eligible participants may have access to the following NDIS supports:

  • Vocational Assessments – completed by psychologists
  • Speech therapy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Behaviour supports
  • Habit coaching

As part of APM our team may provide access to multiple wellbeing resources including Employable Me learning modules and Wellbeing Gateway platform.

Specific training modules may include:

  • Emotions and regulation
  • Stress and resilience
  • Relationships and boundaries
  • Selfcare and wellness
  • Creativity and expression
  • Problem solving and decision making
  • Identity and culture
  • Mental health awareness

Where is Tailored Learning available?

APM Futures delivers Tailored Learning in South Australia. 

You can apply if you're in the South Australian High Schools areas of Berri, Felixstow, Flinders Park, Gawler, Kadina, Mount Barker, Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Noarlunga, Parra Hills, Pirie, Port Augusta, Port Lincoln.

Ready to start?

If you’re a young person looking for support, talk to your school or contact us today.

Tailored Learning is about your future, your way.

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A student working on a laptop in a classroom setting with peers, highlighting APM Futures Tailored Support program.