Webinar Series
Supporting the Mental Health of Students with Intellectual Disability
This FREE webinar series is brought to you by a partnership between the Networked Specialist Facilitator -Strathfield, The Benevolent Society, and The Children's Hospital at Westmead School-Link. The webinars aim to assist teachers and other school professionals to support students with an intellectual disability and mental health needs in the classroom.
Several more topics will be added throughout 2020.
Current on-demand topics (ready when you are):
1. Introduction to Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Intellectual and Developmental Disability presented by Dr Ken Nunn (31 minutes).
- What is anxiety?
- How is anxiety different for children with IDD than typically developing children?
- Why do children with ASD experience high levels of anxiety?
- How might anxiety affect a child’s learning in the classroom?
- Do you have any other suggestions for teachers working with anxious children who experience anxiety?
- Where to refer children who you think might be experiencing anxiety?
2. Reflective Practice in the Classroom: Fostering a calm and responsive approach in the classroom setting presented by Samuel Gaynor from The Benevolent Society. (25 minutes)
• How can it look like in the classroom of students with disability?
Register and view recording here
3. Curiosity, collaboration and action: Understanding & Responding to Behaviour in the Classroom presented by Kirsty Paul from The Benevolent Society. (50 minutes)
• What we mean by “behaviours of concern”
• Why these behaviours of concern occur
• How it might look (the escalation cycle)
• Tools, tips and tricks for the classroom.
Register & view recording here
4. Cool, Calm, Collected & Connected in the Classroom: Supporting Students with Self Regulation presented by Debra Corfield from The Benevolent Society (25 minutes)
• What is self regulation?
• Why is it important?
• How can we teach and support students with self regulation?
Register & view recording here
5. The Mental Health of Young People with Intellectual Disability: What you need to know and what you can do presented by Dr David Dossetor - Child Psychiatrist from The Children's Hospital at Westmead (48 mins duration)
•History and definitions of mental health & intellectual disability concerning children
•Awareness raising animation
•Evidence-based programs for prevention
•Case study and handouts
Register & view recording here
6. Check out our collection of webinars that were recorded at our Mental Health and Intellectual & Developmental Disability School-Link 10 Year Anniversary Celebration here.