❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses violence involving Aboriginal students at Belmont City College, specifically an incident of arson. It seeks information on available resources and their accessibility to ensure student and staff safety.
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(1) Is the minister aware of the serious situation concerning some groups of Aboriginal students at Belmont City College? (2) Is the minister aware that one of these students set another student’s hair alight within one metre of a teacher? (3) Can the minister identify the additional resources available to schools when issues of violence arise in a school? (4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(2) Is the minister aware that one of these students set another student’s hair alight within one metre of a teacher? (3) Can the minister identify the additional resources available to schools when issues of violence arise in a school? (4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(3) Can the minister identify the additional resources available to schools when issues of violence arise in a school? (4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(2) Is the minister aware that one of these students set another student’s hair alight within one metre of a teacher? (3) Can the minister identify the additional resources available to schools when issues of violence arise in a school? (4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(3) Can the minister identify the additional resources available to schools when issues of violence arise in a school? (4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(4) How can these resources be accessed? (5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(5) How urgently can programs be applied in order to effect change and maintain the safety of staff and students? Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
Hon GRAHAM GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(1)-(2) Yes. (3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(3) Through central office and the relevant district education offices: student services manager; Aboriginal education manager and liaison officers; school psychologists; social workers; behaviour management team; professional assault response training; intensive support through the socio-psycho education resource centre; emergency management team; and crisis management team in central office. (4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(4) Through the relevant district education office. (5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
(5) Immediately at the school level and through liaison with the district education office.
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