❓ Hon. Sally Talbot asks about the implementation of protective behaviours programs in WA schools and residential colleges, and the Minister for Education provides information on compliance with child protection policies and program delivery.
AnsweredQoN 565Legislative Council
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SCHOOLS —
PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS PROGRAM
565. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
Minister for Education:
(1) How many
schools now deliver the protective behaviours program; that is, the program
which complies with the recommended requirement of the Gordon inquiry and the
Department of Education's child protection policy?
(2) How many
schools have developed their own mechanism; that is, mechanisms other than the
protective behaviours program, to deliver a preventive curriculum to their
children?
(3) Did the
Country High School Hostels Authority conduct protective behaviour education
for all students at its residential colleges in 2014 and 2015?
PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS PROGRAM
565. Hon SALLY TALBOT to the
Minister for Education:
(1) How many
schools now deliver the protective behaviours program; that is, the program
which complies with the recommended requirement of the Gordon inquiry and the
Department of Education's child protection policy?
(2) How many
schools have developed their own mechanism; that is, mechanisms other than the
protective behaviours program, to deliver a preventive curriculum to their
children?
(3) Did the
Country High School Hostels Authority conduct protective behaviour education
for all students at its residential colleges in 2014 and 2015?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
(1) All public
schools implement preventive curriculum. This is required by the Department of
Education's child protection policy. The protective behaviours program
is one of the preventive curriculum programs schools could use.
(2) Schools
make local decisions aligned to the needs of their students that meet the
requirements of the child protection policy. The department does not collect
information on the particular preventive curriculum programs that schools
choose to use.
(3) Protective
behaviours training was provided for all students attending Country High School
Hostels Authority residential colleges in 2014. The program for delivery of
protective behaviours education for all students attending residential colleges
in 2015 is underway, and is expected to be completed by the end of term 2,
2015.
question.
(1) All public
schools implement preventive curriculum. This is required by the Department of
Education's child protection policy. The protective behaviours program
is one of the preventive curriculum programs schools could use.
(2) Schools
make local decisions aligned to the needs of their students that meet the
requirements of the child protection policy. The department does not collect
information on the particular preventive curriculum programs that schools
choose to use.
(3) Protective
behaviours training was provided for all students attending Country High School
Hostels Authority residential colleges in 2014. The program for delivery of
protective behaviours education for all students attending residential colleges
in 2015 is underway, and is expected to be completed by the end of term 2,
2015.
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