Duration: 30 minutes 

Introduction to anxiety in children and adolescents with intellectual and developmental disability presented by Dr Ken Nunn. 

• What is anxiety?  
• How is anxiety different for children with IDD than typically developing children?
• Why do children with ASD experience high levels of anxiety?  
• How might anxiety affect a child’s learning in the classroom?  
• Do you have any other suggestions for teachers working with anxious children who experience anxiety?
• Where to refer children who you think might be experiencing anxiety?  

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Duration: 25 minutes 

Reflective Practice in the Classroom: Fostering a calm and responsive approach in the classroom setting presented by Samuel Gaynor from The Benevolent Society. 

• What is reflective practice?
• Why is it important?
• How can it look like in the classroom of students with disability? 

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Duration: 50 minutes 

Curiosity, collaboration and action: Understanding & Responding to Behaviour in the Classroom presented by Kirsty Paul from The Benevolent Society. 

• What we mean by “behaviours of concern”
• Why these behaviours of concern occur
• How it might look (the escalation cycle)
• Tools, tips and tricks for the classroom.

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Duration: 25 minutes 

Cool, Calm, Collected & Connected in the Classroom: Supporting Students with Self-Regulation presented by Debra Corfield from The Benevolent Society. 

• What is self-regulation?
• Why is it important?
• How can we teach and support students with self-regulation?

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