Learning and behaviour supports for schools and kaiako
Our Learning Support team can assist you when you have concerns about the social and emotional learning of a tamariki or rangatahi and the way they relate to others.
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- He Pikorua framework
- Support for managing challenging behaviour
- Behaviour crisis response service
- Responding after a crisis
- Interim response fund
- Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
He Pikorua framework
We recognise that whānau, ākonga, kaiako, communities and Ministry staff need to work together as collaborative decision makers.
Behaviour support practitioners can work with you to support your ākonga, whānau and community to create learning environments that promote the wellbeing of mokopuna.
We are moving toward embedding more proactive and collaborative supports into day-to-day teaching and learning. Responding to most challenging behaviour in isolation rarely results in sustainable change. Our bicultural practice framework, He Pikorua, provides clear principles and processes for joint decision making.
Working together – He Pikorua(external link)
Te Tūāpapa o He Pikorua framework is a dynamic model of supports that guides focused responses within clusters, schools, kura and early learning services.
Culturally responsive approaches (for example, He Mapuna te Tamaiti, Journey to Tino Rangatiratanga, Huakina Mai) highlight the need to move away from managing behaviours of individual mokopuna and shift the focus to restoring relationships and understanding how relationships are always significantly influenced by wider social and cultural context.
Addressing these together shifts the focus from managing behaviour to engaging in relationships and supporting inclusive learning environments.
Support for managing challenging behaviour
We have new guidance for schools managing challenging student behaviour. It includes strategies for preventative and de-escalation techniques and information on new training workshops for schools.
Responding to ākonga distress with restraint
Behaviour crisis response service
If you have an extreme behaviour event at your school, the Behaviour Crisis Response Service can respond to your emergency.
Response specialists assess the situation and tailor a response that:
- stabilises the school
- ensures everyone is safe
- prevents the situation from getting worse
- begins immediately while a long-term plan is devised
- links the school to more resources and support.
Reach them through your local learning support team.
Responding after a crisis
Traumatic incident teams also deal with emergencies, whether caused by people or by natural disasters.
The teams can also help your school draw up an emergency plan.
Interim response fund
The interim response fund is short-term funding to help your school when extreme behaviour reaches crisis point.
Funding will help pay for short-term resources, meet student needs and get learning back on track.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
Positive Behaviour for Learning covers 10 services that improve wellbeing and behaviour of children and students and relationships in schools.
Services are for children and students, schools and family and whānau.
Positive Behaviour for Learning (PB4L)
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