Date/Time:

21/10/2022 - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Event Categories:

• Inclusive Education
• Professional Learning

Description:

Day 1: This full day workshop, hosted by the AISSA and presented by external psychologists Kerry Burke and Lisa Chisholm, will explore student behaviour through a developmental lens. The workshop will focus on:

• social and emotional development
• effects of trauma and adverse life events
• supportive classroom practice and strategies for both typically developing students and those requiring additional supports.

Day 2: This full day workshop will focus on proactive systems and supports promoting best outcomes when considering difficult and challenging behaviours.

Topics covered include:

• whole-school strategies regarding planning for students experiencing difficult and challenging behaviour, particularly students with disability
• introduction to positive behaviour support
• introduction to observation, including functional behavioural analysis
• individual behaviour support plans.

Participants will increase their capacity to understand and apply relevant approaches, proactively supporting positive behaviours in specific school contexts.

Sessions in this series:

6 May, 9.00 am – 3.00 pm

21 October, 9.00 am – 3.00 pm

Target audience – school leaders and coordinators, ELC directors, inclusive education leaders and staff leading school-wide approaches to behaviour

Delivery mode – face to face

Presenters – Melissa Symonds, Senior Educational Consultant, AISSA

For registration enquiries please contact Rae Dawkins.

There is no on-site parking available.  For parking options please refer to the parking map.  Tram stop #1 Greenhill Road is a 6-minute walk away.