Illawarra Shoalhaven School-Link
Overview
ISLHD School-Link facilitates collaboration between education, health and other services to support school-aged children and young people to achieve optimal mental health and remain engaged in education.
Objectives
- Children and young people with mental health concerns are identified early and have appropriate and timely access to wellbeing support and specialist mental health services
- Increased collaboration between mental health professionals and education staff in responding to children and young people with mental health concerns
- Education and mental health staff are more confident and better able to deliver coordinated care to children and young people with mental health concerns.
School-Link Resources
- Teacher's Guide: Supporting the Wellbeing of Primary School Children
- Mindfulness and Calming Activities
- Emergency Department Postcard
- Blue Card Introduction
- Fact Sheet - Health & Education: Children & Young Persons (Care and Protection ) Act
- Fact Sheet - Eating Disorders - Discharge Advice
- Fact Sheet - Psychosis - Discharge Advice
- Fact Sheet - Self-Harm - Discharge Advice
- Fact Sheet - Suicidal Thoughts - Discharge Advice
- School-Refusal: Every school day counts
- Getting to School and Staying at School: Information for parents and carers
- Responding to Mental Health Complexities
School-Link Newsletter
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Contact Information
Wollongong NSW 2500
Downstairs (of Community Mental Health)
Mondays to Fridays (excluding public holidays): 8:30am to 5:00pm
How to get there
Downstairs (of Community Mental Health)
Wollongong:
1 - 5 Atchison St
Wollongong NSW 2500
You can drive or use public transport. The nearest train station is Wollongong Railway Station, and buses service the area. The building is at the corner of Atchison and Burelli Streets, Wollongong.
Parking
Parking in the area is paid or time-limited street parking, or free or paid local parking lots.
Advice for disabled to get to the service
There is a ramp from the public footpath to the front door. Ask for further advice when you make your appointment