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Working memory and neurodivergence

Why providing additional working memory support is so important for neurodivergent students.

Supporting neurodivergent students by developing the home-school partnership

Building supportive partnerships with families of neurodivergent students.

Understanding mental health and wellbeing in intermediate and lower secondary school students

Guidance on how to support the mental health and wellbeing of students aged 11-15.

Sample safety or de-escalation plan

An example of a de-escalation plan designed to support students to emotionally self-regulate at school.

Understanding and supporting emotional self-regulation at school

Understanding and supporting emotional self-regulation at school: Why some students may find it difficult to regulate their emotions at school, and what to do to support them.

An introduction to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

How OCD affects students, and what schools can do to provide support.

Webinars

Supporting the transition to school

COMING UP: 7.30PM TUESDAY OCTOBER 22
This webinar with Jennifer Neill will offer valuable insights and practical strategies to ensure a child’s transition from early childhood education to school is as smooth and positive as possible

Supporting ESOL students at school

COMING UP: THURSDAY OCTOBER 24
Michelle McKinlay will present this webinar about supporting ESOL (English for speakers of other languages) students

Social studies education in NZ – where are we at?

COMING UP: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 7
Associate Professor Bronwyn Wood explores why and how social studies should be taught and how to liven up your teaching

Using trauma-informed practices to support neurodivergent students

COMING UP: 7.30PM WEDNESDAY MAY 21
Tami Harris of Acorn Neurodiversity explores how using a trauma-informed lens to support neurodivergent students in school settings can help teachers to mitigate challenges

How do people learn mathematics? Insights from the science of learning

COMING UP: 7.30PM WEDNESDAY APRIL 30
Dr Tanya Evans from the University of Auckland will talk about how the decades of cognitive research can be applied to teaching mathematics in the classroom

Safer screen use in educational settings

COMING UP: 7.30PM WEDNESDAY MARCH 12
Julie Cullen of Sensible Screen Use will share insights from a recently published review which examined the impacts of digital technologies on the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents

Snapshots

Using cognitive load theory to inform teaching and learning

Key ideas from a webinar with Dr Greg Ashman.

Unschooling and self-directed education

Key insights from a webinar with Naomi Fisher.

Gender affirmation and why it is important for all students

Key insights from a webinar with Dr Ampersand Pasley.

Teaching and leading to the north-east

Key insights from a webinar with Professor Russell Bishop.

The role of assessment in an education system that learns

Key insights from a webinar with Michael Absolum.

Knowledge and curriculum: Changing perspectives

Key insights from a webinar with Professors John Morgan and David Lambert.

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