SPECIAL NEEDS PD PROVIDERS
Below is a list of providers who will to come to your venue and deliver Special Needs PD to a group of registered
teachers.
PD PROVIDER
Access Easy English
INDICATION OF SEMINARS OR WORKSHOPS OFFERED
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Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Integrating Communication (for the student with little or no speech) into the
Curriculum
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Choosing vocabulary to support the student with little or no speech
CONTACT DETAILS
w. http://accesseasyenglish.com.au
p. 0466 579 855
e. [email protected]
Strategies for the classroom to support children and young people with
Austin Hospital School
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Trauma background
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Challenging Behaviours
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School refusal
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Disengagement from school (including school refusal)
w. www.austinschool.vic.edu.au/index.php/professionaldevelopment/
p. (03) 9496 5324
e. [email protected]
a. 145 Studley Rd, Heidelberg 3084
All workshops can be tailored to meet the needs of individual schools.
Generally workshops has strong links to APST 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.6, 4.1,
4.3, 4.4, 5.2
Autism Behavioural
Intervention
Association (ABIA)
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Making it work with an ASD child in the Kindergarten – 1 day
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Making it work with an ASD child in the Classroom – 1 day
w. www.abia.net.au/training
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Managing ASD in the classroom – 3hrs
p. (03) 9830 0677
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Behaviour Management – 3hrs
e. [email protected]
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Social skills – 3hrs
Onsite delivery must attract bookings of 10 or more staff.
Centre for Excellence
in Child and Family
Welfare
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Working with Children and Young People on the Autism Spectrum
w. www.cfecfw.asn.au
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Describe Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
p. (03) 9614 1577
Creating Connections
Australia
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Implement Effective Strategies for working with children and young people with
ASDs
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Communicating and interacting with others
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Understand and managing difficult behaviours
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Understand how social stories improves children’s understanding of social
situations
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Creating an Autism Friendly Environment
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Understanding & Supporting Behaviour
w. www.creatingconnectionsaustralia.com.au
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Social Stories & Scripts
p. 0437 407 608
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Developing Social Skills
e. [email protected]
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Creating & Using Visual Supports
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Social Skills Professional Training program
Behaviour (recognition) and guidance for children with ASD
Customised Training
A minimum of 6 persons is required.
Down Syndrome
Victoria Education
Support Service
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Annual Education Professionals Conference (March)
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Working with Children in Early Childhood (2 ½ hours)
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Working with Children in Primary School (2 ½ hours)
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Working with Children in Secondary School (2 hours)
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Transition to Secondary School (1 hour)
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Positive Behaviour Support (1 hour)
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Curriculum Modification (1 hour)
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Moving to Teens (2 ½ hours)
e. [email protected]
a. 50 Market Street, Melbourne
w. www.customisedtraining.edu.au/workshops/apstpd/
p. 1300 110 164
w. http://www.downsyndromevictoria.org.au/
p. 1300 658 873
e. [email protected]
All programs can be tailored to meet the needs of individual schools.
Dyslexia Assessment
and Support Services
Irabina Autism
Services
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Students with Dyslexia and other Learning Disabilities - Creating an Inclusive
Learning Environment
w. www.dyslexiasupportservices.com.au
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Response to Intervention: Implementing a whole school approach to meeting
students’ varying needs
e. [email protected],
Irabina delivers personalised training at your workplace for up-skilling staff on Autism
Spectrum Disorder.
p. 0402 225 051
[email protected]
w. http://irabina.com/
We can tailor workshops on various topics to suit your needs such as:
p. (03) 9720 1118
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Autism Spectrum Disorder 101
e. [email protected]
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Challenging Behaviours in the Classroom
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Visual Support to Promote Learning & Independence
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Feeding, Eating, Drinking and Swallowing
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Managing Anxiety for Teachers and Parents
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Sensory Processing for teachers in Classroom settings
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Restricted and Repetitive Behaviours
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All workshops cover standard descriptors 1.6,1.5 & 4.1
Customised programs available:
Monash University's
Professional
Development Programs
NESTS (Necessary
Educational Strategies
for Students and
teachers)
Cressida Crossley
Jamie Coombs
Special Needs
Educators
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Teaching Strategies to Support Students with Disabilities and Difficulties (Primary
& Secondary)
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Creating Positive Educational Settings for Children with a Disability (Early
Childhood)
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Supporting Children with Additional Needs in Early Childhood Programs
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Understanding and Managing Challenging Behaviour
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Teaching Working Effectively with Education Support Staff/Teacher Assistants
w. http://www.monash.edu/education/futurestudents/courses/short-courses
p. (03)9905 2700 / 9905 2911
e. [email protected]
Our primary focus is giving teachers the tools they need to create positive and
w. http://nests.net.au
inclusive learning environments.
e. [email protected]
e. [email protected]
All NESTS skills workshops are individually tailored to your educational setting.
Sessions times are fully flexible – from a one hour talk to a full day workshop.
Our expertise includes:
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Identifying, addressing and accessing Learning difficulties
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Understanding Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Understanding ADHD
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Practical Classroom Strategies to cater for ASD, ADHD, Dyslexia, Severe
Language Disorder
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Girls on the Autism Spectrum
p. 0412 778 492 (Cressida)
p. 0422 440 557 (Jamie)
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Anxiety and the Special Needs Learner
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Implementing and teaching Social Skills for the Special Needs Learner
Differentiating the curriculum for Gifted Learners with additional needs
This professional development is designed to help give educators real world tools to
enable all children in classrooms to succeed.
On Track Therapy
Group
With a specific emphasis on achievable ways to set up the classroom to improve the
behaviour of all children( with particular emphasis on Autism Spectrum) and provide
ongoing support for teachers long after the pd has finished.
w: www.ontracktherapygroup.com.au
On Track Therapy Group will come to your location at a time suitable to your school
and staff
‘Looking at a problem as a problem, is compounding the problem’
STRIDE Behaviour
The PD will share alternative, preventative, evidence based and responsive
approaches and strategies to better understand and manage challenging behaviours,
in primary mainstream school classrooms. The PD is about empowering teachers and
support staff with practical, positive and sustainable ways of managing concerning
behaviours. It is also about empowering students, ‘Don't tell students what to do, tell
them what they can choose to do and then show them ways of how to do it’.
w. www.stridebehaviour.com
p. 0438 324 081
e. [email protected]
PD addresses APST 1.5, 1.6, and 4.1 (Building capacity to teach learners with
disability)
YouMeUs
A free online eLearning package designed to promote an understanding of differences
in the community, challenge public perceptions of stereotypes, highlight the abilities
of people with a disability and support the development of inclusive communities.
w. www.youmeus.info