Rochedale State High School is committed to inclusive schooling practices. This involves maximising outcomes of all students through identification and reduction of barriers to learning.
The Inclusive Learning Centre (ILC) provides learning support for students identified as having a disability which is defined under the Disability Discrimination Act. Students with a disability are identified through a range of processes and/or documentation that may include the following:
- Parent/guardian disclosure with supported evidence
- Medical specialist assessments
- General Practitioner reports
- Guidance Officer reports and assessments
- Diagnostic testing
The Head of Inclusive Education, the ILC teachers and the ILC teacher aides work with all staff across the school in all year levels, providing instruction and support for students, across a range of contexts and settings:
- Additional in-class Teacher Aide support
- Individualised differentiation to access the curriculum
- Adjustment to assessment tasks
- Alternative programs
- Scheduled tutorials
- Study Groups
Student Services Support Team
The Student Services Support Team (SSST) is committed to the students, carers and staff of Rochedale State High School. The Student Services Support Team consists of:
Guidance Officers who help identify factors that can be barriers to learning and development. The Guidance Officers assist in planning interventions and programs that are designed to achieve positive outcomes for students.
Chaplain or community worker, whose role it is to provide extra support needed in the school environment.
Youth Health Nurse who works to create a more positive, healthy school environment
- The school Social Worker who focuses on the student in the school environment and will work holistically with the whole family to minimise the impacts of personal, familial and school difficulties and, where possible, remove the barriers to learning
The SSST connects students with support in some of the following ways:
Health concerns
Relationships
Personal and family problems
Referral to community and government agencies
Healthy eating, exercise, weight and eating problems
Pastoral care
Family support in the wider community
Transition from high school
Subject selection/career decision making
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