Education outreach
Is your child struggling at school?
Education outreach is a service which assesses your child within their educational environment and looks at how he or she currently interacts with their peers and teachers.
Your assessor then recommends adjustments to account for differences in learning style, and offers evidence-informed strategies to assist your child in achieving academically and thriving socially at school.
To find out more, call us on (02) 9999 6216 or email info@northpsych.com.au
The benefits
We recommend education outreach for children who are having trouble managing sensory impacts, emotional reactions and behaviour in school, whether that’s meltdowns and emotional outbursts or aggressive behaviour in and around school.
It’s also beneficial for children who are being bullied, having trouble engaging with the curriculum, struggling to focus, or getting frequent detention or suspension.
If your child is obviously anxious about being in school, displaying school refusal or worried about the transition from one school to another, talk to us about education outreach.
Consultation process
There are three sections to the consultation process, which usually takes a few days to complete.
Your child is only involved for around two hours and he or she is usually unaware of what is happening. The aim is to observe as normal behaviours as possible.
The education outreach consultant will observe your child in the classroom for a session (primary) or two periods (secondary) to see how they function.
The consultant will be watching for changes in behaviour because of unwanted stimuli, the child’s reactions to changing demands in the classroom and their capacity to engage successfully with the curriculum.
This observation is followed by a conference with school staff, family and therapists to discuss goals, strengths and differences, and concerns. The consultant will then propose strategies to help the child manage their own behaviour.
The consultant will produce a final report, directly addressing the student’s needs with evidence-based strategies. It will provide guidelines and resources for the family and school on appropriate strategies and processes to be followed to support the child, both academically and emotionally.