2018 Conference Proceedings
Keynote Presentations
Profession Helen Cahill
Teacher as Architect: Providing a Pedagogy for Social Interaction
Professor Stephen N. Elliott
Associate Professor Patricia A. Jennings
The Gap Between Stimulus and Response: Cultivating Resilience with Mindfulness and Compassion
Conference Papers
Toshiko Kamei – Thinking Skills Instructional Strategies: Teaching Students with Disability to be Better Thinkers
Ushagayethri Venkatesh – Integrating iPad as a Curriculum-Based Pedagogical Tool to Facilitate Communication in Nonverbal Students with Autism
Michelle Wong – Teacher-Delivery of the Westmead Feelings Program: Emotion-based Learning for Children with Autism in Primary Schools
Conference Powerpoints
Monday, 9th July 2018
K.Clark Burt – Using Robots and DigiTech to Forster Social Emotional Learning
Lauren Campbell and Dale Heales – Teaching Social Vocabulary to Develop Social Smarts in Autism Education
Jodie Caruana – A Self-report Tool to Measure the Well-being of Adolescents with Intellectual or Developmental Disability
Tracey Chamlin and Toni Jarratt – Building Capability in the School Leadership Team to Support Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in the Classroom
Dr Therese Cumming – School Connectedness for Students with Disabilities: From Theory to Evidence-Based Practice
Sally Daley – Stress and the Young Person with ASD
Jillian Denys and Swati Phatak – Strengthening Parnerships for Success
Jacquiline den Houting – Too Anxious to Achieve?
Susan Galletly – Principles Towards Optimal Reading and Literacy Instruction for At-risk Readers in Prep to Year 3
Dr Judith Hudson – Community Engagement with Dyslexia in Tasmania: A Case Study
Karen Hunt, Stefanie Young and Gill Greenwood – Communication and Literacy: You Can’t Have One Without the Other
Pia Kanoyangwa and Patricia Winney – The Matopos Project
Dr Sue O’Neill – Selecting Age-Appropriate Transition Planning Assessments for Promoting Academic, Adaptive and Vocational Capabilities
Linda Shannon – Queensland Department of Education Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy – Students, Staff, Parents, Community
Annalise Taylor – The Early Years Model of Practice: Supporting Social Emotion Learning by “Being”
Elaina Wagaba, Felipe Espinoze and Christine Thompson – Positive Learning Team
Alana Williams – Transition to Adult Life – Self Auditing Tool for Schools
Tuesday, 10th July 2018
Dr Kay Ayre and Dr Govind Krisnamoorthy- Survival of the Nurtured: Teaching Students with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Dr Terry Cumming – Incorporating Mobile Technology into Vocational Social Skills Training for Students with Disabilities
Prof Stephen N. Elliott and Dr Mike Davies – Using the SSIS SEL Intervention Program to Teach and Evaluate Students’ Self-Management and Relationship Skills
Dr Susan Galletly – Effective Literacy Instruction for All Students: A Time for Change
Dr Emma Goodall – Forging Positive Connections Between Teachers and Students on the Autism Spectrum – Using Insider Information
Dr Glenda Jessup – Facilitating Social Inclusion & Self Determination in Students with Vision Impairment: Promoting Competence, Autonomy & Relatedness
Dr Bree Jimenez – Building Teacher Capacity of Research-based Practice for Students with ID & ASD: Individualised Teacher-directed Professional Development
Kia Morton and Stephen Bell – Transforming Curriculum to Meet the Needs of All Learning by Empowering School and Teacher Leaders
Dr Sarah Mulholland – ADHD and the Classroom: Positive Attitudes, Positive Strategies, Positive Results
Dr Chris Rayner – Inclusion in the Initial Teacher Education: Eight Years On
Kerry Watson and Owen Clarke – Accessing the Victorian Curriculum: Simulated Learning for Inclusion
