Support wellbeing
Create a school culture of wellbeing and hauora for all.
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Use the Mana model
Use the Mana model
Create a wellbeing culture
Create a wellbeing culture
In this video, Te Kura Māori o Porirua talks about their vision and how kaiako are working with whānau to support tamariki wellbeing.
Promote wellbeing across the curriculum
Promote wellbeing across the curriculum
- Develop culturally responsive approaches to wellbeing and hauora.
- Explicitly teach wellbeing through Health and PE using the Mana model.
- Integrate social and emotional learning.
- Map out wellbeing themes such as resilience and belonging across all curriculum areas.
- Identify and implement programmes that meet wellbeing needs.
Take students’ perspectives
Take students’ perspectives
Build relationships and talk to your students about disability and inclusion to understand their perspectives and wellbeing needs.
Closed Captions
Support teacher wellbeing
Support teacher wellbeing
Sancta Maria College in Auckland created The Good New Habits Book when they found teachers were floundering due to workload intensity, demands on time and an unbalanced approach.
Provide options for wellbeing support
Provide options for wellbeing support
Consider opportunities that can be provided for students to access:
- peer-to-peer support groups
- on-site health clinics
- on-site nurse consultations
- on-site school counsellors
- youth workers
- health information
- referral pathways for medical care
- access to LGBTQIA+ youth support groups.
Source: Supporting LGBTQIA+ students (opens in a new tab/window)
Next steps
More suggestions for implementing the strategy “Strategically resourcing for inclusive practices”:
Return to the guide “Leading schools that include all learners ”
How to use this site
Guide to Index of the guide: Autism and learning
Understand:
Strategies for action:
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Identify needs and ways to provide supportShow suggestions for Identify needs and ways to provide support
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Key areas of supportShow suggestions for Key areas of support
- Support communication
- Foster social interaction
- Minimise sensory challenges
- Support positive behaviour
- Support self-management
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Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 1-8
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Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13Show suggestions for Helpful classroom strategies years 9-13