More PD Opportunities on the way.

In Term 3 we have chosen to focus on students with Learning Difficulties and we have just received Approval for 2 more full-day Professional development Workshops.

Sue King - Austism Spectrum Disorder.

September sees the one we know many of you are waiting for, the return of Sue King.

Sue will be bringing us another round of insights into the Autism Spectrum Disorder and this year will focus on Classroom Visual Resources;

• Overview of the Positive Partnerships, giving the foundations of Autism
• The difference between Visuals for Learning and Visuals for Behaviour Management and Self Regulation
• Visuals for high and low functioning students.

Some of the same ground will be covered this year as last but there will be plenty of new content on offer!

 Karen Starkiss - Dyslexia.

A newcomer to our Network presenters is Karen Starkiss.

Karen has over 20 years primary classroom teaching experience. In England she was the Principal of one of the top performing primary schools and employed to work in “failing” schools to improve standards of teaching and learning. An earlier management role was Special Needs Consultant, she also lectured nationally about integrating children with dyslexia into mainstream classrooms. Since she has been in Australia Karen is a consultant with her own business – Dyslexia Support Services; she has continued to assess and advise a number of adults and children with dyslexia and has run courses throughout Melbourne for teachers and classroom assistants. She was recently described by The Age newspaper as a "Dyslexia Crusader."   

Reports from other Networks is that she is a knowledgable, no-nonsense and very enjoyable presenter.

Karen will also see something some of you have been asking to have happen for a while now, Workshops during the holidays.  This is a trial run to be held in the Term 2 holidays but we hope attendance will be at levels which we can afford to keep providing holiday PD as long as the demand is there.

Pages for these presenters will go up a week before bookings open for the PD so keep an eye on the blog!

Regards,

Mel.