Student wellbeing is a critical and central component of the Berengarra School program and is at the forefront of decision making at all times. All Berengarra School staff are wellbeing focused. Additionally, a dedicated wellbeing team is in place to ensure quality delivery of wellbeing services and initiatives across the school.
All students are supported through:
- Wellbeing-focused behaviour management practices
- Assisting students to develop understanding, insight and skill at managing own needs within the school environment
- Holding a view that all behaviour is communication and provides opportunities for learning and growth
- Focus on relationships as critical to successful engagement
- Wellbeing-focused curriculum content relevant and adjusted to our students
- Strategies and interventions around individual behavioural challenges
- Programs and processes to target individual students’ needs
- Ready access to support and informal counselling
- Staff selected for their capacity to work with students with diverse needs
- Every student well-known by the whole school community
- Diversity accepted and celebrated
- Support provided to families/carers around issues impacting school engagement
- Coordination and liaison with external professionals and services working with students
- A Child Safe school environment
Some students are supported through:
- Formal counselling
- Casework for students at risk or where there are complex needs
- Development of safety plans where there are issues around risk
- Intensive support around school attendance/school refusal issues