St John Bosco College has a proud record for displaying genuine care for students with special needs. There is an acceptance that Special Education requires a unique form of teaching where the input and nature of the personal involvement of the teacher and support staff can make a real difference.
Meeting the needs of students in Special Education:
St John Bosco College takes pride in insisting upon genuine but pragmatic integration of students into the mainstream program and recognises that each student has different needs. We have a range of students with mild intellectual disability, some students with emotional disability, some with specific sensory, physical or mobility concerns and a wide number of students with learning difficulties.
Each student requires an I.E.P. (Individual Education Program) updated regularly which sympathetically but rationally balances their needs with requirements of the school curricula and also incorporates an acknowledgement of social and behavioural implications. Consequently, we integrate with teacher or Teacher Aide support, withdraw if necessary, and above all try to meet whatever need arises at the time it happens.
Some of the curriculum strategies used to assist students include:

Mainstream support of targeted Special Needs, Special Education students in a number of curriculum areas (English, Mathematics, Science, Religion and TAS) from Year 7 - Year 12 with individual Teacher Aide assistance in developing literary skills.

Provision of medication to students under discreet but closely monitored conditions.

Provision of a modified LOTE program for the mandatory 100 hours of LOTE/language requirement in Year 8 (Stage 4).

Special Education support (Teacher/Teacher Assistant) in a graded low ability Maths classes.

Teacher Aide lunchtime availability for students who need help/computer access with schoolwork.

Life Skills courses for targeted students.

Provision of a laptop computer for students with mobility needs for use in classrooms.

Provision of support for individual teacher requests for help with specific students in an assessment task/general schoolwork/assignment or research endeavour.

Targeting students to access the Transition Program, which provides Year 9-12 students the opportunity to engage in work experience placements.

Processing of Special Provisions Applications for HSC and School Certificate

Support for a large number of students in mid-year and final examinations, including provision of readers, writers, separate supervision and extra time. Students involved generally have learning difficulties, mobility disabilities, and temporary hand injuries or suffer form stress and anxiety.

Teacher Aide support in classrooms with specific High Support students.

Ongoing identification of the Special Needs of students.

Provision of strategies to assist the special needs of identified students.