🌟 Student Services & Support Programs
Boronia Heights State School
We are committed to supporting every student’s learning journey through a wide range of services and programs tailored to meet diverse needs.
🧑🏫 In-School Support
We offer:
- Classroom support and extension programs
- A part-time Chaplain for emotional and social wellbeing
- Access to our well-resourced Resource Centre
💙 Special Education Program
Our Special Education Program supports students with disabilities through:
- Dedicated staff
- Collaborative support for students, teachers, and families
- Inclusive learning strategies
✅ Positive Behaviour Support
As a School Wide Positive Behaviour School, we promote a safe and respectful learning environment through:
- Behaviour support strategies
- A dedicated Behaviour Room
- Rewards Days each term, celebrating positive behaviour — supported by our P&C and staff
🧩 Student Support Services
🏫 School-Based Support
- Guidance Officer
- Student Services Coordinator
- Head of Program – Inclusion
- Support Teachers – Inclusion
- Support Teacher Aides
- Speech Language Pathologists
- School Chaplain
- EAL/D Teacher Aide Support
🌐 Regional Support
- Advisory Visiting Teachers – Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Physical Impairment
- Regional Occupational Therapist & Physiotherapist (Referral required)
🌍 EAL/D Support
EAL/D (English as an Additional Language or Dialect) students receive tailored support to develop proficiency in Standard Australian English (SAE).
This includes:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
- Migrants and temporary visa holders from non-English speaking backgrounds
- Refugee-background students
- Children of deaf adults using Auslan
- International students
- Students returning from non-English speaking environments
Our EAL/D teacher aides work alongside classroom teachers to help students access the curriculum and build language skills.
🗣️ Speech Language Pathology Services
Our Speech Language Pathologists support students with:
- Speech, language, and communication difficulties
- Eating and drinking challenges
They work collaboratively with school staff to:
- Build communication and literacy skills
- Adjust curriculum for diverse learners
- Implement evidence-based strategies