H: Hi, I'm Helen Masters, an education specialist here at cool.org.
A: Hi, I'm Andrew Fuller. I'm a clinical psychologist and a family therapist.
H: And today we're talking all things neurodiversity, neuroscience, relationships, behaviour management, and we're answering your questions that you've had about how we can be the most effective educators in our classroom. Go check them out!
Introduction
What is neurodiversity?
How do students with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) present in the classroom?
Strategies for supporting students with ODD to thrive in the classroom
How do students with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia present in the classroom?
Strategies for supporting students with dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia to thrive in the classroom
What role do friendships play in helping students with neurodiversity thrive?
How can parents get involved in helping their neurodivergent kids to thrive in the classroom?
What does working with neurodiverse colleagues look like?
Bringing it all together
Reflection
Congratulations
Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist and family therapist. He has worked in many schools and communities in Australia and internationally, specialising in the wellbeing of young people and their families. He is a fellow of the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Learning and Educational Development at the University of Melbourne. Andrew is the author of Tricky Kids, Guerilla Tactics for Teachers, Help Your Child Succeed at School, Raising Real People, From Surviving to Thriving, Work Smarter Not Harder and Beating Bullies and has co-authored a series of programs for the promotion of emotional resilience and intelligence used in over 3500 schools in Britain and Australia called The Heart Masters.
Andrew has established programs for the promotion of mental health in schools, substance abuse prevention, and the reduction of violence and bullying, suicide prevention programs and for assisting homeless young people. Andrew continues to counsel young people, and he also conducts workshops for organisations, parents, students, teachers and health professionals on a wide range of topics.
Helen started as a primary school teacher in Brisbane, but her education career has led her overseas, underground, through forests and along beaches. Helen has taught in a wide range of classrooms, from bush-kinders to university lecture halls, virtual classrooms, penguin-filled beaches, snowy mountain tops, the decks of boats, 300m underground while hanging from a rope, and the scariest place of all, the standard Australian year 9 classroom.
Currently, Helen is applying her 22 years of educational experience as Education Manager at Cool.org. Here, she gets to do what she loves best - bringing the real world into the classroom. By working with sustainability industry organisations, she creates teaching resources that share the enthusiasm, passion, and knowledge of experts with schools. Students get to apply knowledge and skills to real-world situations, teachers get ready-made, easy-to-use resources, and everyone gets to work together towards a brighter, more sustainable future. Win-win!