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SCHOOLS
My various services meet your needs by providing targeted, practical support
and solutions that aim to improve the everyday reality of educating others.
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Educational settings are seeing an increase in students engaging in challenging behaviour that may hinder their integration into classrooms, and leave school teams stumped as to how to intervene. Sometimes these challenges can be an unknown and unexpected puzzle, or sometimes they can be related to a known diagnosis, disability, condition or label.
You are of course the expert in your field, however you may experience difficulties in relation to communicating with non functionally speaking or non speaking individuals, challenging behaviour, understanding autistic thinking or other complex manifestations of various disabilities. Perhaps you are meeting obstacles in applying your methods within your current environment and reality or meeting success and providing belonging for the student(s) that you are supporting.
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No matter the age of your student(s), nor whether they have a diagnosis or not, my services can provide you with specific insight into your personal situation, such as:
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exactly how to do what you need to do
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where to start when you you suspect or receive a diagnosis for a student
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clarifying your neurodiverse student’s needs
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how to approach crisis situations and difficult behaviour
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understanding neurodiverse perceptions
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breaking through the overwhelm to take action
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realistically applying techniques and strategies in the everyday routines
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working together to meet the combined needs of individuals and classes
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how to apply professional recommendations into your everyday reality
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seeking new information and ideas for your toolbox
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what can be done to help beyond what is already being done
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researching services, programs, policies, laws, resources etc.
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promoting and/or maintaining independence
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and more……
If you are looking for help with something that is not listed here, don't hesitate to contact me to find out if I can help.
SERVICES
I work directly with educational teams to understand your methods, to hear your priorities and to determine your needs. Together, we reflect on your goals and your approach, determine where you are meeting success and where you are meeting challenges in adapting and applying your professional skills while working towards finding creative solutions that are realistic and applicable in meeting the combined needs of individuals and teams within the available material and human resources.
I always strive to respect personal limitations, values and beliefs, and understand and acknowledge who you and your students are, in order to provide more effective existing interventions with fewer challenges for everyone involved.
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Given that my services are needs based and solution oriented, a specifically tailored package will be proposed to you, based on a completed needs assessment.
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You can find more information below, or you can book a free thirty minute phone or virtual call to discuss your situation and get a personalized recommendation about which service would best meet your needs.
SCHOOL PACKAGES
This service is for school staff looking for help to clarify the needs of their student(s) and support to apply techniques and interventions in real time.
This service is for school staff looking for help to clarify the needs of a student and a step by step intervention plan to address the situation.
This service is for school staff looking for help to clarify the needs of their student(s) and recommendations for implicated individuals and resources, if applicable.
BRAINSTORMING CONSULTATIONS
​This service is for school staff looking for opportunities to discuss effectively meeting individual student needs, meeting staff needs, using the staff as effectively as possible, clarifying roles of staff, rethinking classroom schedules and/or activities and/or programs in complex situations.
"Coaching is a process that aims to improve performance and focuses on the ‘here and now’ rather than on the distant past or future.
While there are many different models of coaching, here we are not considering the ‘coach as expert’ but, instead, the coach as a facilitator of learning.
There is a huge difference between teaching someone and helping them to learn. In coaching, fundamentally, the coach is helping the individual to improve their own performance: in other words, helping them to learn.
Good coaches believe that the individual always has the answer to their own problems but understands that they may need help to find the answer."
Definition from: www.skillsyouneed.com/learn/coaching.html
COMPLETE PACKAGE
This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;
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completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;
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participation in workshops created to provide missing information and improve application of techniques and strategies;
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discussion/explanation of strategies applied in natural environment in real time;
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functional behaviour assessments;
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real time modeling;
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guided interventions;
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behavioural support in real time.
PARTIAL PACKAGE
This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;
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completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;
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hypothesis of the need(s);
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participation in workshops created to provide missing information and improve application of techniques and strategies;
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a step by step intervention plan;
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recommendations for each individual and possible referral to other professionals or services, if applicable.
MINI PACKAGE
This service helps you address your situation with a personalized package that can include some or all of the following;
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completion of a needs assessment consisting of observations, interviews and report reading;
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hypothesis of the need(s);
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recommendations for each implicated individual;
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referral to other professionals or services.
BRAINSTORMING CONSULTATIONS
This service provides an opportunity to discuss situations in which you are experiencing challenges and brainstorm outside of the box ideas, in order to actively make changes in the day to day, and more effectively meet the ongoing needs in complex situations. This can include, but is not limited to:
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meeting individual student needs;
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meeting staff needs;
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using the staff as effectively as possible;
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clarifying roles of staff;
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rethinking classroom schedules and/or activities and/or programs etc.
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follow up to participation in workshop content, for applying learned techniques.
SITUATIONAL CONSULTATIONS
This service provides an opportunity to discuss specific situations in which you are meeting challenges, in order to determine the current sequence of events, including the interventions that are already in place, and then brainstorm ways to make changes to improve the situation. This can include, but is not limited to:
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dealing with aggressive behaviour;
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lack of progress/change;
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changes in behaviour;
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inappropriate behaviour;
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teaching specific skills;
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hypothesizing needs and brainstorming interventions;
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follow up to participation in workshop content, for applying learned techniques.
WORKSHOPS
AND TRAININGS
Workshops and trainings are available to both the school staff, as well as the school community (parents, guardians, collaborators, partners etc.) both in person and online.
Workshop lengths and fees vary, depending on the subject matter and the amount of discussion time you would like included in the workshop.
Three complete trainings are offered to schools specifically for Autism, Human Needs, and Non Speaking Individuals.
After completion of a needs assessment, certain individual workshops or complete trainings may be recommended.