Rose can provide professional development, review of policies and practices, and coaching opportunities for teams or individuals in a range of fields including:

• Behaviour management systems and strategies

• Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA)

• Teaching and Learning practice

• Trauma-informed practice

• Traumatic incidents and suicide postvention

If you would like to have more consistent and effective behaviour management strategies in your school or EC Centre, or your staff would like to understand more about how early trauma experiences affect children’s ability to self-regulate and engage in learning, Rose provides training and support in the following ways:

Professional Development

Individualised PD training packages based on the specific needs of the EC Centre, school or agency are available on request. Topics include behaviour management; engaging students with learning difficulties; Functional Behaviour Assessment; trauma-informed schools; ADHD & ASD; oppositional behaviour; self-regulation; responding when children have angry outbursts or meltdowns.

ECE or school-wide behaviour management systems

• Assessment and evaluation of current behaviour management practices

• Adapting or developing systems and strategies, implementing and monitoring them

• Staff professional development

Classroom behaviour management and teaching skills

• Rose works with individuals or groups of teachers to evaluate their current practice in behaviour management or teaching skills, identifying areas for development, and providing support to achieve their goals

• 1:1 coaching, feedback and support for teachers in their classroom practice

• Teacher aide training

One-off consultations

Rose can provide one-off consultations to schools or ECE teachers seeking confidential advice about a specific situation of concern.

Trauma-Informed Schools

Many children have experienced adverse life events which impact on their brain development, behaviour, self-regulation and cognition. Regular behaviour strategies are often ineffective in helping these children and there is an increasing need for trauma-informed practices and frameworks in EC Centres and schools to better support them. This is a relatively new concept in NZ schools, but is widely practiced in other countries such as the UK and USA. There is a growing body of research and knowledge about best practice that can upskill schools to understand and help, not only these children, but all children.

If you are interested in professional development opportunities for your staff to grow their knowledge and skills in trauma-informed practice, please contact Rose to discuss this.

Traumatic Incidents

Responding to crisis events can be challenging and stressful. When a traumatic incident impacts on the school or EC community the way it is managed can minimise further risk, strongly influence people's recovery, and help the early learning service or school return to normal operations as quickly as possible. Every educational facility should have appropriate policies, systems and processes in place, to ensure the safety and well-being of children / young people and staff.

Rose has over 20 years training and experience in supporting schools before, during and after traumatic incidents. Her work is based on, and aligns with the information and resources provided by the Ministry of Education.

Services

• Audit of current TI systems and procedures, and recommendations for development

• Support to develop TI systems and procedures if requested

• Staff training in TI responses

• Planning for suicide prevention and postvention response systems

• Consultation about actual TI events