Black Rock Primary School has a responsibility to provide a range of opportunities that enable each student to experience success and to develop to his/her fullest potential.

This program is designed to allow for the enhancement of learning in those students experiencing difficulty, and for students with gifts and talents that set them apart from their chronological age peer group.

This policy should be read in line with Theory of Learning for B.R.P.S.  and the Assessment Policy and Student Welfare Policy.

Guidelines

1.       Students to be catered for within the program will be identified in various ways:

·       Previous year’s classroom teacher

·       Current year’s classroom teacher

·       Parental concern - via appropriate channels. e.g. Principal, classroom teacher

·       School reports (new students to school)

·       New students with no supporting documentation, particularly from overseas.

2.       The process of referral and testing will be carried out according to the following steps:

3.       On occasions reading may be included as a Home Task. The initial identification, referral, testing results and recommendations, program outline, evaluation of students' learning outcome and program effectiveness will be documented by those appropriate and be collected by the Special Needs co-ordinator.

4.       If after testing, a student becomes part of the Special Needs program, parents will be contacted and an outline of the child's program given to them.

5.       The Special Needs program will use as a basis, the C&SF support documents and be flexible in implementation.

6.       The program's implementation may include:

·       Support in the classroom

·       Small group withdrawal

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