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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 1112 asked in the Legislative Council on 15 October 2020 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS

1112. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and Training:

I refer to the answer given on 13 October 2020 to question without notice 1048 regarding school psychologists.

In response to the minister's answer to part (2) of the question, can the minister provide more detail on the nature of services provided through each of —

(a) consultancy support to schools across all school types;

(b) system support and interagency initiatives; and

(c) other services?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(a) Consultancy support to schools is inclusive of suicide prevention and harmful sexual behaviours consultation, and disability services and support assessment teams.

(b) System support and interagency initiatives are inclusive of child and parent centres, Triple P program coordination and delivery, supervision of provisionally registered psychologists, suicide prevention Mental Health Commission–funded positions, graduate induction program and professional practice support.

(c) Other services include school psychologists servicing non-government schools in the Kimberley, services to community kindergartens, and residential and agriculture colleges.