Students at Risk
Some of the students in our classrooms are ‘at risk’ – or engage in ‘risky behaviours such as self-harm, drugs and sexual activity.
Policies&Guidelines
Strategies
- Using the Students at Risk (SAR) Mapping Tool
- Innovation and best practice in schools: review of literature and practice
- Identifying at risk students (Queensland Government)
Websites
- Angwin, J., Blackmore, J.&Harrison, L. (2001). Pathway planning and "becoming somebody": Exploring the tensions between wellbeing and credentialism with students at (educational) risk.
- Campbell, Marilyn A. (2004) Identification of "at-risk" students for prevention and early intervention programs in secondary schools. (
PDF 49 KB) Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling 14(1):pp. 65-77.
- Designing engaging curricula for at-risk students / Regional Case-studies (2006) (PDF 25 KB)
- Giddens, A. (1999). Runaway World. Retrieved September, 2008 (text, audio and video)
- Kabir, N., & M. Balnaves. (May 2006) "Students “at Risk”: Dilemmas of Collaboration," M/C Journal, 9(2). Retrieved 06 Oct. 2008
- South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability: Equity Cross-Curriculum Perspectives
Publications
- Dwyer, P. & Wyn, J. (2001). Outside the mainstream. In Youth. Education and risk: Facing the future (pp.35-56). London: Routledge Falmer. (available as an e-reading)
- Vaughn, S. (2007). Teaching students who are exceptional, diverse, and at risk students in the general education classroom (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.