Behavioural Support

Patricia Avenue School has two psychologists who works alongside teachers and therapists to provide behaviour support at a school-wide or individual student level.

Role at School

At Patricia Avenue School, the psychologist is involved in:

• Student behaviour support

  We design individual or class-wide programmes which eliminate or reduce problem/challenging behaviour – e.g. hitting, non-compliance
  We also design individual or class-wide programmes which teach new behaviours and skills – e.g. completing a puzzle, zipping up a coat, learning to follow a visual schedule

  What does our behaviour support look like?
  We work directly with staff and parents/caregivers to help produce a positive change for a student

  We use a multi-element behaviour support framework which means incorporating:

  • proactive strategies e.g. to reduce likelihood of challenging behaviour happening
  • reactive strategies e.g. recommended responses following behaviour
• School-wide support
  We can also be involved in:
  • Student transitions to school
  • Development of policies/procedures
  • Contribute to Student Support Guidelines document
  • Staff training
  • Attendance at IEP meetings and assistance with IEP goal implementation
  • Resource for school staff
• Triple P – “Positive Parenting Programme”
  

  The Triple P philosophy of behaviour and recommended strategies for working with child behaviour underpin the way in which staff understand and manage student behaviour at school.

  We support teachers and therapists to implement Triple P strategies as part of every-day practice.