The focus of our Student Services Team at Challis Community Primary School is to ensure, through early  intervention and ongoing support, the social, emotional, mental, physical and intellectual needs of students are pro-actively met on a day-to-day basis through:

• Sharing information, skills and knowledge. 
• Responding positively and promptly to any student concerns.
• Building and maintaining positive and collaborative working relationships with parents.  
• Making referrals to external agencies where appropriate. 
• Demonstrating and promoting ongoing commitment to the mental health and well-being of students and families.

The Student Services Portfolio has experienced extensive improvements and expansion                                                            The portfolio services have included:

• Social Worker
• Family Support Worker
• Breakfast Club
• Transport
• Curtin Clinic
• School Psychologist
• Rock Buddy program
• Social Thinking through Behaviour & Engagement portfolio
• Allied professionals, e.g. Special needs education assistants
• STRIVE classroom

Teacher referrals outline concerns about student health, development, welfare, academic achievement, attendance,          behaviour or family circumstances are submitted to the Student Services team. The team meet weekly to discuss and triage    referrals according to need. These services may be on-site services (E.g. Curtin health service, Social Worker,                 Chaplain), or may be external services (E.g. referral to Armadale Child Development Centre, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Paediatrician, counselling services, etc.)

Curtin Health and Wellness Centre

Curtin Health and Wellness Centre  provide group therapy services.

• Children receive regular Speech Pathology services for sound production and mealtime safety. 
• Children receive regular Speech Pathology services for semantics and Occupational Therapy services for working memory and handwriting. 
• Children receive regular Speech Pathology services for semantics and Occupational Therapy services for working memory. 
• Children receive regular Physiotherapy services for gross motor skill development.