Message from Guidance Officers:
In Term 2 Mrs Appelman and Mrs
Clarence will be the Guidance Officers for year levels P-12.
*When to Contact your child’s Guidance Officer?
Contact
the above Guidance Officer, if a young person is experiencing strong emotions,
such as sadness, anger, anxiety, without capacity to self-regulate/self-calm,
and it’s impacting on their daily
functioning, ongoing for several days.
Serious concerns may look
like:
- Student extremely heightened, for example
agitated, nauseous, suddenly withdrawn, and in general displaying behaviours
unusual for the child.
- A student who is verbally indicating they’re
unable to cope.
- A student ‘asking’ for mental health help.
(Not currently linked in with an external psychologist, psychiatrist).
Please request
from your child’s
teacher Support for Children, Adolescents and Families document when:
·
Your child becomes upset
·
There is frustration at home
·
Your child is feeling somewhat anxious
·
Your child is misbehaving to the point where it
is causing family stress
·
Your child needs skills and strategies to
self-calm, and regulate
Please
contact your Guidance Officer via e-mail, or direct phone line to discuss
strategies and further support.
Andrea Appelman
Tel. 5439 4340
Email: aappe1@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer for Prep, Year 3, Year 5, Year 6 and Years 9, 11 , 12
Toni Clarence
Tel. 5490 2679
Email: tclar9@eq.edu.au
Guidance Officer for Year 1, Year 2, Year 4 and Years 7, 18 , 10
