Collaborative Working in Schools

Delivery of this course will take a workshop style with room for interaction between participants and with hands-on involvement relevant to teaching and learning in the context of the everyday classroom. Participants will understand the ingredients behind a collaborative approach. The course will introduce participants to a whole school multi-tiered approach that is solution focused aiming to build the capacity of all stakeholders working in the school and classroom to support all childrens' participation in their daily occupations.

• Session 1: Understanding Teaching and learning from a Child Rights, childhood occupation and occupational science perspective. What are the main childhood occupations and why are they important? (2 hours)
• Session 2: Critical elements of a Whole School Approach; The Tiered Model; Collaborative Consultation, and Solution -Focused Approaches (2 hours)
• Session 3: Understanding the challenges of the physical and social environment of the school and classroom to enable neurodiverse children to participate. (2 hours)
• Session 4: Understanding school occupations through Activity Analysis. (3 hours)
• Sessions 5 and 6: Sensory Processing knowledge to support ALL children and learners. (3 hours) and Universal and Practical School and Home Tools for learning.