Past Webinars
Sensory Regulation in the Classroom
30 August 2023
Presenters
Elyce Mitchell (Senior Occupational Therapist) and Nicole Lindgren (Inclusion Specialist Educator) presented this webinar, exploring the following topics:
- 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
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:
- Develop an understanding of multi-modal communication
- Highlight the benefits and common misconceptions of using multi-modal communication.
- Discuss a range of multi-modal communication approaches.
- Provide practical strategies for integrating and supporting multi-modal communication in the classroom.
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