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FLO at CSC
For a number of children and young people, a highly flexible and individualised learning environment, coupled with more intensive wellbeing support and evidence-based interventions, can increase engagement and learning outcomes.
Flexible Learning Options (FLO) programs play an important role in complementing the work of schools to ensure that the system supports all students and provides them with access to a high-quality education. The FLO program at CSC is offered as part of a continuum of support where a targeted, intensive intervention is required to respond to behavioral, therapeutic and learning needs of young people from Years 9 to 12. There is a strong focus on supporting a student’s pathway back into mainstream school, further education, training or employment through the implementation of a strengths and interests-based learning approach.
FLO currently offers two classes: Middle FLO for Years 9 and 10 and Senior FLO for Year 11 and 12 students.
Learning
All FLO students have an Individual Education Plan (IEP) to guide their learning across the following subject areas: Literacy; Numeracy; Personal Development Skills, which encompasses respectful relationships, health, and community and individual projects; and Work-Related Skills, which incorporates work experience placements when possible. Students are engaged in a variety of tasks based on the goals they have set in their IEPs with a focus on developing their skills through their own strengths and interests.
Senior Years 11 and 12, as well as some Year 10, students at FLO undertake the Victorian Pathways Certificate, which is designed to be a pre-TAFE level qualification suitable for transitioning into Cert I or II level courses or directly into apprenticeships or employment that doesn’t require a tertiary qualification. Please note, the VPC is not a senior secondary certificate and is intended for students not able to complete the VCE or VCE Vocational Major (VM) (please see VCE VM and VPC section of this handbook for more information).
Wellbeing
FLO students have weekly group sessions with an onsite guidance counsellor and the school nurse. Small class sizes ensure students are well supported by teaching and support staff. Each student completes a ready-to-learn plan from the Berry Street Education Model as part of their wellbeing plan, to ensure that each and every student is well catered for in all areas of their development. A new element of our wellbeing program at FLO in 2022 has been the introduction of Goldie, our wellbeing dog through the Dogs Connect program. This program establishes many of the Social Emotional Learning concepts in a practical and hands-on approach that builds empathy through connection. The program focuses on elements such as; routines and consistency, building healthy and authentic connections, social interactions, emotional engagement, awareness of body language, energy and gestures in interactions. The program is founded in the Polyvagal Theory, which explains the autonomic nervous systems that are responsible for our flight/fight/freeze responses. These programs provide evidence-based research directly relating to supporting students through traumabased approaches to wellbeing and learning support..
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