This is the first event of its kind in New South Wales.
It will provide participants with a framework and associated tools to implement effective student and family centred transition planning.
Participants will learn about research-based transition practices, under the umbrellas of Kohler’s Taxonomy for Transition Programming and Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model.
Instruction and tools will be provided in the areas of transition assessment, transition planning, self-determination development, and development of self-advocacy skills.
Participants will engage with the current research in the field and use the resulting information to workshop a mock transition plan.
This professional learning event will provide participants with practical knowledge of research-based transition practices, with a focus on student-centred transition planning and family-focused transition planning.
They will have the opportunity to apply these skills by role-playing a transition planning meeting and creating a mock transition plan.
Completing this workshop will contribute 6 hour of QTC Registered PD addressing Standards 1.6.2; 1.6.3; 3.7.2; 4.1.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
About Iva Strnadová
Iva Strnadová is an Associate Professor in Special Education at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Prior to her academic career, Iva worked for 7 years with adults with intellectual disabilities and with autism. Her research aims to contribute to better understanding and the improvement of life experiences of people with disabilities. Iva’s ongoing research interests include transitions in lives of people with disabilities, across the lifespan experiences of families caring for a child with a disability, the well-being of people with intellectual disabilities and autism, inclusive education and mobile learning for people with developmental disabilities.
Cost: $310