EducationalPsychologist


 * // Key Improvement Strategy: //**// Partnership with Education Psychologist //

// Education Psychologist: //// Susan Colmer // // Employed by Neighbourhood Network for 1 day per week by each school in 2010 to: // // 1. //// Build the capacity of class teachers in teaching of students with additional needs identified by a Cognitive/ Educational Assessment. // // 2. //// Share understanding of what the Educational Assessment means in terms of student’s needs, best teaching and learning practises. // // 3. //// Provide advice re any further assessment of identified students after observation of student within class and yard environments. // // 4. //// Meet with staff (teacher and aide), parent and school coordinator to acquire information and to provide enlightenment re best strategies to use. // // 5. //// Build the capacity of teachers in the relaxation strategies through modelling, particularly when Autism and anxiety disorders diagnosed. // // 6. //// Provide links for parents to Welfare staff within school. // ||

// Date // || // Key Leadership Actions // || // School Response // || // December 2009 // || // 1. //// Neighbourhood Principals decide to pool National Partnership $s to create a greater professional learning opportunity. // // 2. //// Susan Colmer, Ed Psychologist approached and employed. // // 3. //// Each school identified 2 students who could be assessed by Rheannon Harrop, Provisional DEECD Psychologist in late January/ early February. // || · // National Partnership Plans shared and strategies cooperatively funded. // · // Identified 3 students per school for Provisional Psychologist to assess. // || // February - March // // 2010 // || // 1. //// Students identified in each school. // // 2. //// Priority in each school to release staff to meet when Susan Colmer visits. // // 3. //// Permission forms completed and files collected for Susan to study. // // 4. //// Observation times for students scheduled in classrooms/ schools and parents invited to meet Susan. // || · // Students identified and discussed with Susan. // · // Professional Learning forum built into each visit to up skill staff. // · // Each school to prioritise the Ed Psychologist program- ie availability of staff and students each visit. // · // Student permission forms completed. // · // Schools follow up where additional assessments eg CELF 4 or paediatrician visits recommended. // || // April- May // || // 1. //// Continue above process. // // 2. //// Additional students identified to enter the process. // // 3. //// Modelled relaxation sessions with whole classes to upskill staff. // || · // As above. // || || ||  || ||  ||  || ||  ||  || ||  ||  || ||  ||  ||