Anxiety and communication

Description

This 90-minute webinar will offer practical information to help build your confidence in how to adjust our communication style to reduce anxiety in our students.  Students will often communicate less, or even stop talking completely, when anxiety is high. One source of anxiety that we can safely reduce is changing our communication style.

There will be time for question and answers throughout the session. 

Recording

This webinar will have a pre-recorded version shared at the time of registration.

Location – Zoom!  We’ll send through the link one day prior to the email provided when you sign up and this course has the option of watching a recording at a later time if you so choose. 

Dates –

*Wed 11 Sept 2024 - 7:30-9:00 pm

When you register, you can select a ticket type for your preferred date either private pay or with an ARN if you are eligible for the teacher assistant funding from the Ministry of Education

Learning Objectives –

* describe how our communication and language can impact on our student's anxiety levels
* list and describe at least 3 practical techniques to try in your learning space the next day
* describe at least 5 different aspects of our communication we can adjust in the moment to support our students
* analyse a language sample and notice things that could be adjusted to reduce anxiety in others

Set Competency Categories
The Ministry of Education has identified 12 competency categories. This webinar covers the following categories:

• Teacher Aide Induction and foundation level competency level
  
• Neurodiversity
• Behaviour
• Communication
• Inclusion
• Wellbeing
• Learning support

Payment

For those who are using the Teaching Aide PLD fund from the Ministry of Education, select one of free ARN number ticket types.  We'll invoice the Ministry of Education directly  for the course after you attend.  You will need to apply for travel, release time, etc directly from the Ministry of Education. For more information about this process, go to http://inclusive-communication.co.nz/courses or directly to the Ministry’s website https://pld.education.govt.nz/find-pld/teacher-aide-professional-learning-and-development-fund-2023-2024/#007

Courses are also open to the general public – just select the private pay option!

Refunds and cancellations:

• You can cancel and organise a refund 7 days before the session through Humanitix
• We reserve the right to reschedule or cancel a session if there are too few people registered 7 days prior.
• If we need to cancel due to illness or unforeseen events, we’ll email you and offer a refund and option to reschedule for another date.

Presenter Bio

Shannon Hennig is a registered speech-language therapist who specialises in neurodiversity, inclusive education practice, assistive technology, and communication challenges. She has wealth of knowledge around how to support young people with language and communication needs.   She previously has worked as a teaching aide herself and has 20 years of experience working in classrooms in both primary and secondary.  She is known for providing informative PLD content that emphasises practical strategies that can immediately be put into practice.

For a full list of our online webinars and in-person workshops, please check out our website

http://inclusive-communication.co.nz/courses