Wellbeing Support

Families of Wallington PS with emerging wellbeing needs and concerns are invited to first meet with classroom teachers. Teachers will then escalte concerns as appropriate through the Wellbeing team of Anthea, Kelly, Lisa and Cameron for further support where required.

Confidential concerns can be directed to the Principal via requesting meetings through the school email or front office.

Our Wellbeing School Improvement Team leader, Anthea Cook, oversees personalised adjustments and supports for individual students across the school, supporting staff members and teachers with implementing inclusive practices as well as broader whole-school wellbeing programs. Anthea brings a wealth of knowledge from her tertiary studies, where she majored in Inclusive Education, specifically supporting diverse learners, English as Additional Language students, students with disabilities, students displaying challenging behaviours, and gifted and twice exceptional students.

Kelly Kapetanovski and Lisa Collins liaise with families, staff and specialists to cater to meet the needs of our students both existing and emerging. These highly experienced and specialised Educational Support Officers work to support parents and carers through Student Support Group meetings and Individual Education Plans, coordinating and facilitating strong positive working relationships between the key stakeholders of teacher-education support-parent-allied health professionals.

The school community can make use of the dedicated wellbeing email in order to communicate directly with the Wellbeing Team: wellbeing@wallington-ps.vic.edu.au

Student Support Services

The Department of Education (DE) provides educational services for the Victorian Government. Student Support Services (SSS) are a part of DE. The purpose of Student Support Services is to assist children and young people facing a range of barriers to learning to achieve their educational and developmental potential through the provision of a range of strategies and specialised support.

Student Support Services comprise services provided by:

  • Psychologists and Guidance Officers

  • Speech Pathologists

  • Social Workers

  • Visiting Teachers

  • Board-certified Behaviour Analysts

  • Other Allied Health Professionals

Student Support Services Liase regularly with our school and Wellbeing Team offering support for the wellbeing of all students at Wallington. They work as part of a multidisciplinary area team to support schools in the provision of integrated health and wellbeing, providing group-based and individual support, workforce capacity building and the provision of specialised services.

Roles of Student Support Services:

  • support the delivery of quality universal services for all students, with extra effort directed to ensuring education and health and wellbeing services are accessible to, and inclusive of, the most vulnerable and disadvantaged

  • target the delivery of individual support services to those who require specialised expertise, assessment and intervention in order to overcome barriers to learning, develop the capability of schools to design health, learning, development and wellbeing strategies that focus on improving education and health and wellbeing outcomes

  • collaborate with multidisciplinary professional practice teams and build partnerships with community services to meet the needs of schools and students and their health, wellbeing and learning goals

  • respond to critical incidents involving students, staff and school communities

The Wellbeing Team will decide whether engaging SSS is a suitable course of action for individual cases. Official engagement of SSS for any of the stages of support (‘Pre-referral’, ‘Referral’ and ‘Service Delivery’) will require the Wellbeing Team to obtain parental consent.

Meet the Wellbeing Team

  • Cameron Edwards

    WHOLE SCHOOL WELLBEING

  • Anthea Cook

    INCLUSIVE PRACTICES

    CLASSROOM SUPPORT & COACHING

    WELLBEING TEACHING & LEARNING

  • Kelly Kapetanovski

    INDIVIDUALISED STUDENT SUPPORT & COACHING EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF

  • Lisa Collins

    INDIVIDUALISED STUDENT SUPPORT & COACHING EDUCATION SUPPORT STAFF

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