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.

2022 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

Chaplain

In 2022, the Student Services team triaged 163 referrals requesting additional support for our students. The Student Services team is led by an Associate Deputy Principal and consists of the Behaviour and Engagement Deputy Principal, School Psychologist, Social Worker, Family Support Worker, Chaplain and the Curtin University Interprofessional Clinic Coordinator. The Student Services team consider an array of factors when reviewing a referral and link services that are deemed to be most effective in meeting the child’s needs and easily accessible to family.

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

During 2022 at least, 273 children were receiving either individual or group therapy.   

The breakdown is as follows:

The Curtin Health and Wellness Centre had 82 children on the caseload receiving individual therapy. 

This included:

37 for individual Occupational Therapy

23 for individual Speech Pathology

22 for Physiotherapy

8 children received more than one  service.

Curtin Health and Wellness Centre also provided group therapy services to 191 children. 

20 children received regular Speech Pathology services for sound production and mealtime safety. 

20 children received regular Speech Pathology services for semantics and Occupational Therapy services for working memory and handwriting. 

21 children received regular Speech Pathology services for semantics and Occupational Therapy services for working memory. 

130 children received regular Physiotherapy services for gross motor skill development.