The Student Support Services Team, under the direction of Dianne Thomson, provide programs to assist students in the development of strategies to ensure they reach their individual learning goals.
Donvale Christian College (DCC) is a school that has an open entry enrolment policy for all students whose parents demonstrate a commitment to a Christian faith. It embraces students with a wide range of abilities; however, at any stage, a student's academic progress may be affected by a number of challenging variables. It is at this point that specialist intervention and provision beyond the classroom may be required.
Student Support Services at Donvale Christian College are committed to discovering and providing the best learning conditions for all students with extra needs in an environment that promotes intellectual, social, emotional, physical and most importantly spiritual wellbeing.
Student Support Services at Donvale Christian College endeavour to:
- Provide a holistic and integrated approach to strengthen students' intellectual, social, emotional, physical and most importantly spiritual wellbeing within a supportive, positive learning environment.
- Provide relevant information to teaching staff in relation to appropriate methods, materials and classroom content to cater for a variety of learning styles, motivation and intellect.
- Incorporate a collaborative team approach to intervention and program development as students progress through the College from prep to year 12. This includes Special Education teachers, ESL teachers, counsellors, integration aides, first aide and health nurses, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists.
- Offer stimulating programs for exceptional children who require specialist intervention beyond the resources of the classroom.
- Provide confidential counselling to students, staff, parents and/or families for the management of educational, social and emotional issues.
- Provide a healthy and happy environment by ensuring professional and best practice health services. These will be provided to our staff and community by our Health Care team.
The services and extra support provided by our Student Support Services team include:
- Health Care,
- ESL,
- Counselling,
- Gifted Programs and
- Special Education learning support.
Our goal is to support and assist students, staff and parents as they travel the exciting road of education and learning.
Click to read more about each of the following support services at DCC:
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