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Professional Development

Public professional development opportunities are advertised on our face book page or on the upcoming events page on the website.

Are you a school, Early Childhood Centre or organisation interested in professional development?  Contact us now!

We offer professional development on a range of topics such as;
  • Managing Anxiety in younger children
  • Managing Anxiety in Primary Aged Children
  • Managing Anxiety in Tweens and teens
  • Positive Behaviour Management Strategies
  • Understanding and Managing Behaviour
  • Building Resilience in Young People
  • Promoting Emotional Literacy
  • Understanding ADHD
  • Anxious and Reluctant Learners

​AND MUCH MORE - See below for information on workshops that are very popular

Contact us if you have a specific need or topic that you are interested in

Anxious & Reluctant Learners

​The "Anxious & Reluctant Learners" workshop is designed for teachers, teacher aides, SENCO, RTLB and/or senior management.  It will cover all levels from Primary through to High School. 

Anxiety often presents behaviourally and can be overlooked in the school setting or viewed as 'naughty' or 'non-compliant' behaviour. Alternatively students can present as withdrawn, disinterested in learning and/or difficult to engage. 
Anxiety can have a huge impact on a student's learning.  It can also impact on other students and teachers and have an effect on the whole classroom environment.  Once we gain an understanding of what anxiety looks like and how to manage anxiety effectively, we can often avoid behaviour escalating to extremes, engage the student & improve the quality of their learning.  It can also contribute to a more positive learning environment.

Overview of workshop;
  1. Provide staff with an understanding of anxiety and how to identify it
  2. How anxiety presents as behaviour
  3. Brain readiness to learn
  4. Impact of anxiety on learning including attention
  5. Strategies to engage avoidant learner
  6. Strategies to manage behavioural aspects of anxiety including mindfulness
AND MUCH MORE

Building Resilience In Early Child Settings

​This workshop is designed for those who work in the Early Childhood sector.  It will cover topics developmentally appropriate to this age group socially, emotionally and behaviourally. 
It will cover topics such as;​
  • What is resilience?
  • The foundations/building blocks of resilience
  • ​Developmentally appropriate behaviour
  • Promoting emotional literacy and social competence
  • Managing challenging behaviour
  • Anxiety in younger children
  • How the environment can promote positive behaviour
  • Effective positive behaviour management strategies
  • Effective ways to promote resilience in the ECE setting
​AND MUCH MORE!
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