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Student health and wellbeing are critical areas for policy development and action between the Australian and State government and the education sectors. Significant policy and program development is occurring in the areas of:

  • Bullying prevention and response
  • Respectful Relationships, including domestic violence prevention, consent and coercive control
  • Preventing and responding to antisocial behaviours, including antisemitism and radicalised behaviour
  • eSafety
  • Alcohol and other drugs education
  • Smart choices for healthy food and drink
  • Sun safety

Programs and Resources

National and state initiatives, activities and programs developed in of student health and wellbeing include:

EdLinQ

  • The Queensland Ed-LinQ program is a cross sector program that supports teachers and school staff to identify, and access support for, students with emotional and behavioural disturbance or who are showing signs of an emerging mental illness. The Queensland Ed-LinQ initiatives aims to improve communication, coordination and collaboration between the education sector, the primary care sector, and the mental health sector, with the aim of improving the social and emotional outcomes of students.

Be You

  • Be You provides educators with knowledge, resources and strategies for helping children and young people achieve their best possible mental health. The program incorporates a number of earlier programs including KidsMatter and Mind Matters.

Useful Resources to Support Schools

  • The Student Wellbeing Professional Development Calendar has freely-accessible, online sessions to support Student Wellbeing.
  • Alannah and Madeline Foundation is a national charity protecting children from violence and its effects
  • FRIENDS for Life is a program to prevent anxiety and depression and build resilience aimed at children aged 8-11 years
  • Friendly Schools and Families Program is a program to assist with the design, development, implementation and evaluation of a social skill building and anti-bullying program
  • National Centre Against Bullying is a peak body advising and informing the Australian Community on the issue of childhood bullying and the creation of safe schools, including the issue of cyber safety
  • Rock and Water Program aims to help young people interact and communicate more confidently with others. It makes use of physical exercises that are linked to the acquisition of mental and physical skills
  • You Can Do It! is a program to help students set achievable goals and have positive thoughts. The program covers eight areas: confidence, effort and persistence, happenings, self-acceptance, goal setting, time management and organisation, making friends, and handling conflict
  • Queensland Department of Education
PDF Student Wellbeing Professional Development Calendar

Social Emotional Learning

Social–emotional learning (SEL) is the umbrella term for the many different kinds of prevention programs that focus on a wide range of behaviours in school including externalizing behaviours, internalizing behaviours, empathy, social problem solving, caring for others, positive coping skills, and perspective taking, to name a few.

The Catholic Church’s social doctrine, in fact, develops from the principle that affirms the inviolable dignity of the human person.  At the very heart of the Gospel is life in community and engagement with others. The Catholic school, therefore endeavours to provide:

  • a wealth of opportunities that are offered to young people for them to grow and develop their abilities and talents;
  • a balanced focus on cognitive, affective, social, professional, ethical and spiritual aspects;
  • encouragement for every pupil to develop their talents, in a climate of cooperation and solidarity.