Enrolments Policy

Placement at Halswell Residential College is a short to medium term intervention designed to stabilise learning and behaviour and is considered the most appropriate way to:

•  increase learning achievement by providing a significantly modified/adapted curriculum programme to enable optimum learning to occur;

•  significantly enhance the student's personal and social skills and improve each student's ability to manage his/her behaviour appropriately in a variety of individual and social situations; and

•  enable the student to be reintegrated into an age appropriate education environment and their home community.

Criteria for Determining the Enrolment of Students to the Residential Programme at Halswell Residential College

 Students, residing anywhere in New Zealand, may be enrolled in the residential programme at Halswell Residential College via referral to Learning And Behaviour Support if:

 (a)               they are male, and in years 7 – 10 of schooling at the time of enrolment, and

(b)               they have an underlying intellectual impairment, and

(c)                there is a record of the provision of intervention and support within the student’s home community that has not been able to achieve change for the student, and

(d)               they have identified educational, social and emotional learning needs unable to be met locally, and

(e)               they require significant adaptation of almost all curriculum content in comparison with their age group, and

(f)                 in the opinion of the enrolments committee, their enrolment is unlikely to be detrimental to the safety of others. For example, on the judgement of the enrolments committee, they will not:

·         be exhibiting behaviours that may place other students at risk, inclusive of but not limited to overt violence

·         have a history of sexualised behaviours compromising the safety of others

·         currently, or recently been in specialised, severe behavioural programmes

·         be under treatment for, or have been unresponsive to the treatment of any psychiatric illness, including suicidal ideation, or

·         be under, or have been unresponsive to treatment for substance abuse.

APPLICATIONS FOR ENROLMENT

Applications may be made by;

•  Fundholders for the Ongoing and Reviewable Resourcing Schemes (ORRS),

•  Ministry of Education, Special Education, or

•  Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) through their Management Committees.

Referring agents will:

1. Assess the student's eligibility against the specified criteria.

2. Complete the enrolment application and attach all information.

3.  Forward all documentation to the Halswell Residential College.

JOINT ENROLMENT COMMITTEE

For services provided by Salisbury School and Halswell College Learning And Behaviour Support.

Enrolment Committee membership:

•  Principal Salisbury School,

•  Principal Halswell College,

•  Parent Representative,

•  MOE Special Education Group Manager or delegate,

•  MOE Special Education Representative

The enrolment committee will consider each application against the enrolment criteria and give priority to those students who have the greatest needs that can be successfully met by the LABS outreach service. The committee may return applications to referrers for clarification, or request further information. Applications will be returned if they are incomplete or handwritten.