Session 3: Supporting Students Suffering from Trauma
Target audience – graduate and early career teachers
Are you new to teaching and teaching students in years 5 to 9? Are you looking for practical strategies to set yourself and your students up for success?
In this session you will explore how to create a classroom environment where all students can thrive. Trauma affects students in different ways. Develop your understanding of how trauma can impact student learning. And take away teaching strategies that will increase your confidence and skill to support your students.
About the facilitator: Leisa Taylor is a secondary science teacher and an educational advisor who specialises in the support of gifted and twice-exceptional students. She currently teaches preservice teachers. Leisa works with teachers, parents and students using interventions that are based on evidence from the fields of education and psychology.
Setting Yourself Up for Success: Teaching in the Middle Years
Series Dates and Topics
Date
Topic
Presenter
April 27th
Setting Yourself Up For Success as a Middle Years Teacher
Liz Benson
Teacher and Executive Officer, Adolescent Success
May 4th
Behaviour Strategies For Middle Years Students (mix of ECM and ESCM)
Anj Dillion
Capability Manager and Head of Science, QLD DOE
May 11th
Supporting Middle Students Suffering From Trauma
Leisa Taylor
Teacher and Pre-Service Teacher Educator
May 25th
Evidence Based Practices for Students with Autism
Susan Brooke
Deputy Principal and Capability Manager, QLD DOE
June 1st
Differentiated Instruction: Designing and Scaffolding for Success
Gerard Alford
Teacher and Director ITC Publications
June 8th
Engaging with Middle Years Students and Their Parents
Tel: +61 452 475 184
angela@adolescentsuccess.org.au www.adolescentsuccess.org.au
