Proactive and Responsive Student Wellbeing Support

AISNSW is committed to assisting independent schools to provide a safe and supportive environment for all students.

Proactive Support of Whole-School Wellbeing

All schools are concerned with whole-school approaches to wellbeing (prevention) along with support for students with higher support needs (intervention)and those needing additional interventions (treatment)– see Figure 1.

School executive, teachers, students and parents are able to access a wide range of Australian evidence-based resources to support wellbeing and to suit their own particular context. In addition, member schools are able to access particular support from AISNSW in relation to students with additional needs, child protection and whole-school approaches to student wellbeing.

Considerations for Schools

  • Utilising evidence-informed or evidence-based resources
  • Using a whole-school approach to student wellbeing and mental health
  • Considering building teacher capacity through professional learning
  • Links to curriculum (e.g. Personal Development, Health and Physical Education)
  • Duty of care
  • Students at risk
  • Child Protection
  • Parent education
  • Critical incident management

AISNSW Support

AISNSW Whole-school Wellbeing

AISNSW Wellbeing Consultants provide support for a whole-school wellbeing approach to both student and staff wellbeing. The Wellbeing team provides advice and professional learning as well as ongoing support and processes for reviewing and renewing whole-school wellbeing.

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AISNSW Student Services

Support provided by the Student Services team involves collaborating with AISNSW member schools to assist in addressing the individual needs of students who may require additional planning, support and adjustments with a focus on disability, academic/curriculum, behaviour/social emotional development, mental health difficulties, gender identity and gender expression, school refusal, or a combination of the above.

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AISNSW Workplace Management

Providing advice, support and professional learning in the areas of reportable conduct, risk of significant harm, duty of care and specific and/or whole-school childsafe strategies.

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Resources
Beyondblue
K-12 and staff mental health resources and support
Be You
A national initiative for educators, aimed at promoting and protecting mental health and wellbeing in young people
Headspace School Support
Post-vention suicide preparedness, and post-incident support
ReachOut Parents
K-12 online student welling resources for students, teachers and parents
ReachOut Schools
K-12 online student wellbeing resources for students, teachers and parents