QSI International School of Dongguan

QSI Dongguan provides school-wide social and emotional support through its on-site counseling service; the school states that Ms. Allison Levine (American certified counselor) serves students aged 2–18 and runs both individual and group programs. Elementary and middle-school students may be placed in small counseling groups for character-building, self-care, and peer-relationship work, while middle and secondary students have weekly open groups (e.g., boys' and girls' groups, young men's/women's groups) and advisory time for social/emotional follow-up. The secondary program also includes academic advising and college/career counseling coordinated by the counselor. QSI's Success Orientations (trustworthiness, responsibility, concern for others, etc.) are taught and evaluated separately from academic outcomes and are integrated into school practice. These details are published on the school's Counseling and Success Orientations pages.

The school's publicly available pages and its Parent & Student Handbook describe supports such as advisory time and individualized academic placement but do not provide a dedicated statement of special educational needs (SEN) or a published Learning Support team for QSI Dongguan. The Parent & Student Handbook and Student Services pages outline advisory, placement, and referral processes but do not specify the types or levels of special needs the school can formally support. Therefore, QSI Dongguan does not appear to publicly disclose a detailed SEN policy or the specific kinds of SEN it can accommodate on its website. For clarification about individual cases, the handbook directs families to contact school leadership (Director of Instruction / Director).

QSI Dongguan operates a formal Intensive English program for students whose English fluency is below what is needed for mainstream classes; the program uses smaller classes and a higher teacher-to-student ratio to accelerate fluency and comprehension. The school names an Intensive English Coordinator (Velma Coccellato) and lists assessment tools used for placement and monitoring, including STAR Early Literacy, Fountas & Pinnell, MAP, and writing samples. The stated goal is to move students into a full mainstream schedule as quickly as appropriate, with progress tracked by those assessments. Information about placement, program structure, coordinator name, and assessment tools is published on the school's Intensive English page and in the Parent & Student Handbook.

Mental wellbeing support is provided through the school counselor's individual and group counseling services, regular middle- and secondary-school group sessions, and weekly advisory time where student welfare is reviewed. The Child Protection and Health & Safety information notes an on-site health clinic with a certified nurse and campus security measures that contribute to student wellbeing and safety. The Parent & Student Handbook describes the advisory system and lines of communication (teacher → Director of Instruction → Director) for raising concerns about a student's wellbeing. The school's published pages make clear that counseling, advisory time, nurse services, and health/safety procedures form the primary documented avenues for supporting student mental wellbeing.

QSI Dongguan publishes a Child Protection page that links to a Child Protection Policy & Handbook and states the school adheres to CEESA safeguarding commitments; the page affirms that safeguarding and child protection are priorities and that the school implements prevention and intervention practices. The site describes measures including regular on-site training, safe recruitment practices, educating students and adults on child protection, campus ID-card entry and visitor sign-in, and an on-site health clinic. The Child Protection page and the linked handbook are the school's primary public sources for its safeguarding policies and procedures. For the full policy text and reporting procedures the school refers readers to the Child Protection Policy & Handbook linked on that page.