Webinars

Upcoming Webinar

A transition is described as a change from one thing to another. On a regular basis, within the school day, students are required to transition quickly and efficiently between a variety of classroom activities to participate effectively within the school environment. Students with Language Disorder or associated difficulties may find these transition times extremely stressful and may have challenges following expectations, instructions, organising themselves and successfully transitioning between different classroom activities.

In this webinar, Tracey Huttley (Inclusion – Specialist Educator) and Taryn van der Westhuizen (Senior Occupational Therapist) will discuss:

• What are transitions and why are they important?
• What happens when students have difficulties with transitions?
• What are different types of transitions?
• What skills are needed for successful transitions?
• Strategies to support successful transitions.

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Past Webinars

• What is sensory processing and what are the 8 senses?
• What is the link between Language Disorder, academic outcomes and sensory processing?
• What do difficulties with sensory processing look like in the classroom?
• Strategies to support students’ sensory processing and regulation.

Social Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution

19 July 2023

Presenters
In this webinar, April Carroll (Provisional Psychologist) and Meg MacKenzie (Speech Language Pathologist) discussed:

• The importance of social problem solving for student development
• The vital role of social problem solving in fostering emotional development and interpersonal relationships among students
• The specific challenges faced by students with language disorder and language difficulties in social conflict situations
• A range of practical strategies and resources to cultivate social problem solving skills for students
• Real-life case studies that showcase the application of strategies and resources

Morphology 

15 June 2023

Presenters
Elizabeth Lorraway (Senior Speech Language Pathologist) and Hayley Symington (Speech Language Pathologist) presented an informative webinar on Morphology.

Throughout the webinar they presented strategies to support students’ skills and development of key morphological structures.

Executive Function Skills

03 May 2023

Presenters
Edwina Crowe (Inclusion-Specialist Educator) and Emma Reid (Occupational Therapist) presented the webinar Executive Function Skills.

Throughout this webinar they presented strategies to support students in developing executive function skills in the classroom.

Using Effective Communication in the Classroom

20 April 2023

Presenters
Speech Language Pathologists Jessica Casale and Lyndsay Miller presented the webinar Using Effective Communication in the Classroom.

Throughout this webinar they provided strategies to support students with both receptive and expressive language difficulties and discuss how these strategies can be implemented in the classroom to support a students learning.

Understanding and Supporting Students with Reading Difficulties

23 February 2023

Presenters
Sheri Adams (Specialist Educator) and Athena Panagopoulos (Senior Speech Pathologist) presented the webinar Understanding and Supporting Students with Reading Difficulties. The session covered:

• Understanding Language Disorder (LD) and the impacts on literacy development
• The complexities of learning to read
• The 6 key components of effective, evidence-based reading instruction
• The presentation of reading difficulties
• Classroom strategies

Resilience and Task Perseverance

12 October 2022

Presenters
Provisional Psychologist April Carroll and Occupational Therapist Emma Reid covered the following topics:

• The importance of resilience and task perseverance for academic success
• How to identify low resilience and task perseverance in the classroom
• Further strategies to build emotional regulation skills and risk-taking in the classroom
• Discussing and unpacking a case study to apply strategies learned throughout webinar

Transitioning to High School

16 August 2022

Presenters
Inclusion-specialist educator Edwina Crowe and occupational therapist Karen Gibson covered the following topics:

• What is a transition?
• What impact does transitioning have on students?
• What makes a successful transition to high school?
• Strategies to support a successful transition to high school.

Sentence Structure

3 August 2022

Presenters
Senior Speech Pathologists Athena Panagapoulos and Elizabeth Lorraway covered the following topics:

• What is sentence structure?
• The importance of verbal sentence structure as a precursor to written sentence structure
• Strategies to increase sentence length, complexity and the variety of word classes used

Supporting EAL/D Students

20 July 2022

Presenters
Senior Speech Pathologists Athena Panagapoulos and Elizabeth Lorraway covered the following topics:

• Who are our EALD students?
• What are some considerations around EALD communication?
• Strategies to support EALD students including those with Language Disorder in the classroom

Building Self-Esteem and Confidence

18 May 2022

Presenters
Psychologist April Quezada and Speech Pathologist Elizabeth Lorraway covered the following topics:

• How self-esteem and confidence impact engagement in the curriculum.
• The relationship between Language Disorder and reduced confidence/self-esteem.
• How to identify low self-esteem and confidence in students.
• Strategies for supporting students’ confidence and self-esteem in the classroom.

Multi-Modal Communication

11 May 2022 

Presenters
Speech Pathologists Jessica Casale and Lyndsay Miller covered the following topics:

Fine Motor Skill Development

4 May 2022 

Presenters
Senior Physiotherapist Megan Simmonds and Senior Occupational Therapist Elyce Mitchell covered the following topics:

• The importance of fine motor skills in the classroom
• The link between fine motor skills and learning
• How to identify difficulties
• Fun and effective fine motor strategies for the classroom