A quick guide to extra support
This guide will help parents find where to go when students need additional support to learn and where to go for help in a crisis.
In this section
- Literacy support
- Information for principals on literacy teaching and individual students with literacy difficulties
- Learning difficulties
- Information for principals on students with learning difficulties, including support with learning, property modifications, transport and curriculum assistance
- Refugees and migrants
- Information for principals on refugees and migrants including students with english as a new language
- School attendance issues
- Information for principals on school attendance issues including truancy and non-enrolled support
- Stand-downs and suspensions
- Information for principals on students who are in danger of being stood-down or suspended, or excluded and not placed
- Behaviour
- Information for principals on students with behavioural needs including bullying, severely challenging behaviour and facilitation services
- Communication difficulties (speech and language)
- Information for principals on students with speech and/or language communication difficulties
- Physical disabilities
- Information for principals on students with physical disabilities including assistive technology support, property modifications and exam assistance
- Sensory disabilities
- Information for principals on students with sensory disabilities including hearing and vision support
- Health needs
- Information for principals on the support of students with health needs
- Family circumstances
- Information for principals on students facing difficult family circumstances
- Teen parents
- Information for principals on supporting a pregnant student
- Gifted and talented
- Information for principals on providing learning opportunities for gifted and talented students
- What to do in a crisis
- Information for principals on dealing with traumatic incidents in the school or community
- Related resources
- Use this page to download print copies of the Support for students quick guide