Neurodiversity webinars covering autism, ADHD, and language challenges

Description

This 90-minute webinar will offer practical information to help build your confidence in the area of neurodiveristy. This includes students who have been (or are suspected to have) ADHD, autism, developmental language disorder, anxiety, and other forms of neurodiversity.

When you select your ticket type, select which level (or levels) you would like to attend. You are welcome to attend one or more sessions.

• Introductory - for those who are new to topic
• Intermediate - for those who have some experience, but would like to go deeper
• Advanced - for those who are familiar with sensory differences, common communication challenges, and social challenges. This level is also ideal for those of you who identify as neurodivergent yourself.
  

We will not be covering echolalia and gestalt language processing - for that topic, please sign up for the Autism and Language Development course

There will be time for question and answers throughout the session.  We’ll add additional information about this course once the Ministry of Education opens the application process.

Location

Zoom!  We’ll send through the link one day prior to the email provided when you sign up!

Dates

Neurodiversity – introductory level - practical introduction for those new to working with this group of tamariki

• 13 March 2024 7:30-9:00 pm - plus 30 minutes for Q/A - online via zoom
  

Neurodiversity – advanced level – including autism, ADHD, and language delays

• 20 March 2024 7:30-9:00 pm - plus 30 minutes for Q/A - online via zoom

Neurodiversity – intermediate level - including autism, ADHD, and language delays

• 24 July 2024 7:30-9:00 pm - plus 30 minutes for Q/A - online via zoom
  

Learning Objectives

• be able to describe the double empathy problem
• list at least 4 possible sources of sensory challenges in your school environment
• describe 3 different developmental stages of social motivation
• list 4 different 'roles' for a teacher aide to support executive functioning
  
• take a lesson  or school tasks and break it down into subtasks and then apply the I do/ you do / we do approach (gradual release of responsibility) to each subtask

In the intermediate and advanced options we will briefly cover the above and then go deeper into

• motivational differences between students with ADHD an neurotypical students
• how to partially separate out the language and/or social skills from the academic / content learning
• emotional experiences of being neurodivergent in school

Set Competency Categories 

The Ministry of Education has identified 12 competency categories. This webinar covers the foll

• Communication
• Inclusion
• Learning support
• Languages

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