Start: Mon 07 Apr, 2025 16:00 End: Mon 07 Apr, 2025 18:00
Location: 59 Cameron Ave Conference and Event Centre, Level 11/59 Cameron Ave, Belconnen ACT 2617
Presented by: Ed Cohle
A two-hour workshop for educators
Educators have many strategies for behavioural change at their disposal. But what happens when they exhaust their options and a student still struggles?
Supporting students with challenging behaviour requires a deep understanding of the underlying causes and contributing factors. Before asking how to change behaviour, we need to ask WHY the behaviour is happening.
This presentation will help you ask that question and consider ways to answer it, allowing you to develop effective support strategies for every student in your classroom.
This workshop is TQI-accredited for two hours of professional learning for educators in the ACT. It has been designed to address the following teacher standards (ACT):
1. Know students and how they learn
- 1.1 Physical, social and intellectual development and characteristics of students
- 1.2 Understand how students learn
- 1.5 Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
- 1.6 Strategies to support full participation of students with disability
3. Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
- 3.5 Use effective classroom communication
- 3.7 Engage parents/carers in the educative process
4. Create and maintain a supportive and safe learning environment
- 4.1 Support student participation
- 4.3 Manage challenging behaviour (also known as developing appropriate behaviour)
6. Engage in professional learning
- 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice
- 6.3 Engage with colleagues and improve practice
7. Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
- 7.3 Engage with the parents/carers
- 7.4 Engage with professional teaching networks and broader communities
Event details
- Monday, 7 April 2025
- 4:00 to 6:00 pm AEST
- 59 Cameron Avenue Conference and Event Centre, Level 11, 59 Cameron Avenue, Belconnen ACT
- This is a free workshop, thanks to funding from the Department of Social Services
Important!
- We anticipate this event will be popular and may be oversubscribed. If your plans change and you can no longer attend, please let us know as soon as possible so we can pass your seat on to a person on the waitlist.
Good to know
- This is a two-hour, in-person workshop in Canberra
- Light refreshments will be served
- This event has been designed for educators. Families are also welcome to attend.
- This event is TQI-accredited for two hours of professional learning for educators in the ACT.
Ed Cohle
Before he even gained his Master’s degree in psychology, Ed Cohle started his career as a live-in staff member supporting six people with intellectual disability. He later became the director of a supervised living program that operated on principles consistent with Social Role Valorisation (SRV). He has presented at many conferences and workshops and provided training and consultation through Temple University, Syracuse University, and Cornell University throughout the US and Canada.
With one foot in and one foot out of the system, and as a parent of three, Ed’s teachings have been shaped by a unique blend of perspectives.
A behaviour consultant since 1986, Ed has provided support to families in their homes and to individuals living in supervised community settings. He has helped people with challenging behaviour leave institutions and enjoy life in the community or succeed at work. Throughout his extensive career, he has witnessed and used many different approaches to supporting people. He is a critic of behaviour modification and many current ABA practices and thinking.
Ed recently retired as a partner in the Creative Supports Institute near Philadelphia in the US. He is currently on the board of a local Citizen Advocacy program.