Student Wellbeing
Understanding Mental Health and Wellbeing in our school
Quick Guide to Responding to Student Disclosure
In accordance with the Children, Youth, and Families Act (2005) all teachers and members of the Wellbeing team are considered mandated reporters. Please follow these steps to support your student as soon as you receive a disclosure.
Please report a reasonable belief of child physical or sexual abuse to child protection authorities. The process is as follows:
Under FISO 2.0, wellbeing is defined as the development of the capabilities necessary to thrive, contribute and respond positively to the challenges and opportunities of life.
Wellbeing can be supported by:
- Creating a safe environment
- Ensuring students feel connected to their peers, school and community
- Engaging students in learning and helping them experience progress
- Ensuring basic needs are met, such as Breakfast Club program and State Schools Relief
- Explicit teaching of Personal and Social Capabilities curriculum
- Canine Comprehension
- Student Wellbeing Groups
- 1:1 counselling
- Mental Health Support Plans
- Liaising with NDIS services
- Student Support Services
Wellbeing and mental health are complex. Even if someone is not experiencing a mental health condition, that does not mean their mental health is flourishing. It is also possible to be diagnosed with a mental health condition and still feel well and function effectively in many aspects of life.
It can be helpful to view mental health and mental ill-health as existing on a continuum.
Mental health exists on a continuum. It is influenced by many environmental, emotional, biological and social factors and can change regularly.
We all move along the continuum as we face challenges and situations that test our capacity to cope.
Some of our students will sit between flourishing and going okay on the continuum of positive mental health. This means they can face adversity and have the resilience to cope with daily stressors.
If you observe students experiencing behaviours that sit between ‘Going through a tough time’ and ‘Severely impacting everyday activities’, a Xuno Wellbeing report must be completed, to alert myself, Middle Leaders and the Wellbeing Team.