Positive Behaviour Support

We provide support and services for students across all public schools in Western Australia.

Information For Families

Your child’s school has informed you they would like assistance from the School of Special Educational Needs: Behaviour and Engagement (SSEN:BE). Would you like to know what this means for your child and you? Learn about your role as a caregiver; our services; the facilities; the programs we offer; and access helpful support information.

Resources For Schools

School principals or their delegates can request assistance from the School of Special Educational Needs: Behaviour and Engagement (SSEN:BE). Learn how to request appropriate support and access resources.

A Collaborative Approach to
Positive Behaviour

The School of Special Educational Needs: Behaviour and Engagement (SSEN:BE) provides a continuum of services for schools supporting students with extreme, complex, and challenging behaviours.

SSEN:BE works with public schools, providing comprehensive tools and programs to suit individual student needs. Our continuum of services include: professional learning; consultative support; and direct student support.

 

We strive to provide high level services through our core values

Responsiveness

Collaboration

Equity

Learning for Life

Belonging

Care

Continuum of Service

Professional learning

Professional learning may be facilitated from Engagement Centre staff or from the Classroom Management Strategies (CMS)

Consultative support for schools

Consultative support for schools needing additional assistance with planning for those students with very complex needs

Direct support for school staff

Direct support for school staff to assist with plan implementation and/or direct support to students as part of a planned intervention.

Delivered With Schools

All services are delivered with schools for students.

Quality Education

All students have a right to a high quality educational program.

Personalised Approach

Through a personalised approach support for students focuses on their psychosocial, developmental and learning needs.

Best Fit Support

The characteristics and strengths within each student, their peers, school, family and community inform decisions about the ‘best-fit’ for assessment, intervention and support options

Strong Partnerships

Strong partnerships and integrated services are developed and maintained to directly benefit students, families, and schools.

Culturally Responsive

All services are grounded in a deep respect for the cultures, languages, experiences and world views of Aboriginal students, and their communities to ensure a culturally responsive approach to support.

Evidence Based Plans

All services are grounded by a strong evidence base and each personalised plan is evidence orientated with clearly described outcome measures.

Reviewed Outcomes

Process outcomes are evaluated and deemed if ongoing support is required.

Shaping the Future

Establishing a culture of learning for students

SSEN: BE has responsibility and oversight for the delivery and monitoring of services and support for students with extreme, complex and challenging behaviours across the public school system. Services are delivered with a focus on improvement and establishes culture of learning for students and staff.

SSEN: BE provides services for schools situated on Aboriginal lands across Western Australia. We respectfully acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands, on which we live, learn and work, and pay our respects to their Elders, both past and present. We also acknowledge the ongoing contributions of Aboriginal people to the education of all children and people across Western Australia.

Student and Community Highlights

Stay up to date with the latest SSEN:BE news and share in the celebration of student improvement, the mentors making a difference as well program success and community impact.

  • All Western Australian public schools are reviewed by the Department of Education’s Public School Accountability directo...

  • A letter from a parent to SSEN:BE staff. SSEN:BE supported the student during their final year of primary schooling, int...

  • A letter from a Principal of a small country primary school....

With Schools for Students