Staff use these three layers to provide a continuum of tiered support with increasingly focused and personalised teaching and intervention at each successive layer. This continuum of support includes increasing levels of adjustments, monitoring of student learning, overall wellbeing and behaviour, and the needs-based involvement of support staff and professional experts.
Positive relationships with students and their carers, analysis of student data and ongoing monitoring of student progress are utilised to identify the appropriate layer of support. The Nationally Consistent Collection of Data process is utilised as a whole school process to identifying student’s disability area and level of adjustments and this is reviewed annually in Term 3.
At Brightwater, we facilitate an environment where every student given the right amount of support and time will achieve. Our support model consists of a support team of teachers and teacher aides, known as the WRAP Team.
The WRAP Team model is designed to support the needs of our diverse learners including their learning, school engagement, behaviour, and overall social-emotional wellbeing. The WRAP Team work collaboratively with classroom teachers, families, and sector deputy principals to adjust, adapt and modify learning environments and educational tasks to ensure inclusive practices and student participation and success. Our WRAP Team is across each sector within the school.
Students with a Hearing Impairment, Physical Impairment and/or Vision Impairment have access to the services of an Advisory Visiting Teacher in their relevant disability area. Advisory Visiting Teachers assist teachers with the curriculum adjustments and delivery of educational programs that target a student’s learning needs.
Other support professionals are also available to support students with disabilities through a triage referral process. These include Guidance Officers, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Speech Language Pathologists and Regional Support Principal Advisors who may help to assess a student’s educational needs and assist teachers in developing programs.
Collaboration and family involvement are key factors to optimise inclusion and student success. Please do not hesitate to contact your child’s classroom teacher, the WRAP Team or the HOSES if you have any concerns or questions.
Parent/Carer Identification, Referrals and Requests
At Brightwater State School, we support and encourage the involvement and collaboration of parents and caregivers, other organisations and external professionals as respected and valued partners in providing an inclusive education to all our students.
Parents/caregivers will occasionally identify a need or concern with their own child and seek the support of external professionals to offer further support, strategies and/or diagnosis. School support may be requested by parents/carers to support the collaboration and engagement with external health professionals.
School Engagement with External Providers
Our school receives a significant number of requests for school feedback letters, assessments, questionnaires and NDIS provider access from parents/carers and external providers.
To ensure requests are addressed appropriately and within a timely manner, all requests for school feedback regarding assessments, questionnaires or NDIS access requests from parents/carers and/or external providers are now required to be submitted to the Brightwater State School Student Services email box address:
Subject line: Student Full Name – Date of Birth – Year Level
All communication with External Providers requires consent to share documentation approved by the executive team prior to commencing liaison.
The following timeframes must be considered when requesting supporting paperwork:
- Single Form and Review completion require a minimum 2 weeks notice.
- Initial paediatrician appointment documentation or lengthy forms require a minimum 4 weeks
All incoming reports provided by paediatricians, psychologists or other health professionals should be directed to the administration office for Sector DPs.