L4Life’s Strategic Plan and renewed mission, vision and purpose
As we look to the future, we have refreshed our Vision, Mission and Purpose to better reflect who we are today and the impact we aim to make. These statements reaffirm our commitment to delivering high-quality, child-focused support, working alongside families and communities, and ensuring cost is never a barrier to care.
Our renewed direction is embedded in L4Life’s 2025–2028 Strategic Plan, which sets out our priorities for the next three years: expanding services and client experience, strengthening innovation and sector leadership, investing in our people, enhancing organisational systems and sustainability, and deepening community partnerships.
Together, these commitments provide a clear, united path forward - ensuring families, staff, partners and donors can be confident in the impact we are creating and the future we are building. Above all, our focus remains unchanged: supporting children to grow, learn and live the life they choose.
Our Impact
131 children received at least one direct L4Life service
120 families received coaching and guidance
10,000+ hours of early intervention support
Stats from the L4Life 2025 Financial Year
Read our Impact Report
Our Services
The Learning for Life Autism Centre (L4Life) is a not-for-profit charity proudly supporting autistic and other neurodivergent children to develop skills that promote independence and choice.
Early Intensive Behavioural Intervention Programs
Our core service for young children (2 years old to school age) with Autism in Melbourne.
Early Intervention Consultancy
Utilising best-practice, evidence-based supports for children in their early years of primary school (under 8 years of age).
School-Age Consultancy
An individualised program which utilises best-practice, evidence-based supports for children (from 8 - 18 years) who are experiencing difficulties at school.
Social Skills Programs
Small group social skills programs for 6-12 year old children to help them in developing friendships, navigating social challenges, and building skills around emotion regulation.
Standardised Assessments
As part of our Autism support services for children in Melbourne, Learning for Life’s allied health team can conduct standardised assessments.
Specialist Behaviour Supports
Learning for Life is registered to provide specialist behaviour support services to NDIS participants with Improved Relationships funding.
Inclusion Works
A program to give teachers the independent competence to deliver effective behavioural management strategies to students with autism.
Family Support
Working with current Learning for Life families to provide a holistic approach in their Learning for Life journey.
Client Safety
The Learning for Life Autism Centre is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all clients.
Language Use
We acknowledge there are many perspectives and personal preferences regarding the language used to identify people and their disabilities and abilities. We endeavour to show sensitivity and adaptation to the unique needs of individuals to present their identity in a way that is meaningful for them.
In some of our communication it is difficult to reflect all preferences for identification; however, our commitment in personal communications is to respect individual preference. We acknowledge there may be a difference for people in using the terms ‘person with disability’ or ‘disabled person’ and our language is adaptive and flexible, always with the intention of inclusivity.
We use both language conventions interchangeably and therefore refer to both autistic children and children with autism throughout this website and in our communications collateral.
