of any CONSIDER A SCHOOL-WIDE incident where a student has been secluded. This may be FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT useful for planning to prevent future incidents and PREVENTION responding to inquiries or complaints about school responses to student behaviours of concern. School-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) provides a coherent school- wide framework that supports school communities to establish systems and The detailed record needs to be made processes that are focused on the as soon as possible after the incident. prevention of student behaviours of concern. The Department is committed to Written records should be added to a supporting Victorian government schools to student’s file on CASES21 or SOCS as implement SWPBS. appropriate. The parents/carers of a student involved For further information on SWPBS in in an incident of seclusion must be Victoria or for notified on the day of the incident, as soon as RESPONSES FOLLOWING AN is practicable after the event. When INSTANCE OF SECLUSION communicating details of an incident involving seclusion, consider what happened, In addition to the requirement for schools when, where and with whom. to report incidents that involve the It is important to consider privacy seclusion of a student to the DET Security obligations when communicating with Services Unit, it is important that there is a families. detailed written record kept at school level
CONSIDER A SCHOOL-WIDE FRAMEWORK TO SUPPORT PREVENTION School-wide positive behaviour support (SWPBS) provides a coherent school- wide framework that supports school communities to establish systems and processes that are focused on the prevention of student behaviours of concern. The Department is committed to supporting Victorian government schools to implement SWPBS. For further information on SWPBS in Victoria or for RESPONSES FOLLOWING AN INSTANCE OF SECLUSION In addition to the requirement for schools to report incidents that involve the seclusion of a student to the DET Security Services Unit, it is important that there is a detailed written record kept at school level of any incident where a student has been secluded. This may be useful for planning to prevent future incidents and responding to inquiries or complaints about school responses to student behaviours of concern. The detailed record needs to be made as soon as possible after the incident. Written records should be added to a student’s file on CASES21 or SOCS as appropriate. The parents/carers of a student involved in an incident of seclusion must be notified on the day of the incident, as soon as is practicable after the event. When communicating details of an incident involving seclusion, consider what happened, when, where and with whom. It is important to consider privacy obligations when communicating with families.
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