National Library Support for School Library. Webinars 2020

Participated in  4 Webinars over Lock down and Level 3

Webinar 1 - 17 April 2020 - Supporting Library Staff working from home

Webinar 2 - 24 April 2020 - What and how to communicate and support students at home

Webinar 3 - 3 May 2020 - Supporting parents with reading at home

Webinar 4 - 8 May 2020- Library and Administration Management

 Te Wanaga o Aotearoa

He Papa Tikanga

May 2021 - May 2022

Kete Tahi - completed October 2021 

Altogether Autism Training

 

Altogether Autism
Professional Development
21 August 2020

https://www.altogetherautism.org.nz/

Born with Autism different way of experiencing the world

Can see the condition from 3 years

No cure

ASD Autism, Spectrum, Disorder

Takiwatanga  is his or her own time and space

Criteria for diagnosis of autism

Level 1  requiring support

Level 2 requiring substantial support

Level 3 requiring very substantial support

Girls often diagnosed later as mask and copy.  Average girls 13 years in New Zealand.

Focus on strengths.

Executive Functioning - enable us to plan, organise deal with change.

Also responsible for inhibition of actions and impulse control.

Autism trouble with working memory, being organised completing a task, repetitive actions. impulsive reactions, understanding fiction from fact, understanding consequences of different actions

Try to use routines, use visual support, one instruction at a time, understand the signs of stress, plan for transitions

75% of children and 50% of adults with autism experience intense anxiety

Strategies for anxiety : identify stressors, low stimulation spaces available,

voice quiet and tone calm, limit choices, sensory box , Break cards https://pecsaustralia.com/pecs/

Sensory products https://sensorysam.co.nz/  teach breathing use fingers smell the  flower and blow out the candle

Tantrum- driven by a goal, wants to be the centre of attention, in control of behaviour, won't hurt

Meltdown - overwhelmed, loss of control, trying to escape or withdraw, 

3 stages: 

Build up, child trying to cope

The build up phase is often spoken about in terms of triggers,going into survival mode.  Changes can be make at this stage to avoid melt down.

Meltdown strategies

protect everyone, prompt the child to their safe place

Recovery

relax, reconnect, reflect, recharge re prepare

Reframe the Behaviour

Behaviour always happens for a reason

https://www.livesinthebalance.org/

See a child differently, you see a different child - Dr Stuart Shanker

Find stressors - reduce them

Find unmet needs - meet them

Find skills deficits - teach them

Seven Senses - Proprioception, vestibular, touch, hearing , sight, taste, smell

When looking at sensor sensitivities remember to always check the physical - eye sight, sore teeth, headaches, hungry, thirsty

Can be hypo sensitive needs more or hypersensitive needs less

Interoception

can experience a feeling but they don't know what it is e.Sg sensual touch, thirst, temperature, pain, itch, hunger, breathlessness

Stimming

anything that is repetitive eg tapping a pen

People stim,  for sensory stimulation, to reduce sensory input, a coping mechanism for stress and anxiety and a source of enjoyment

Communication

Nonverbal does not mean that I have nothing to say.   It means you will need to listen to me with more than just our ears.

Strategies  for communication

Make sure you have the persons attention

avoid complicated instructions

Keep you language polite, clear and factual without being patronising

 Allow the person enough time to process

Supplement verbal instruction with visual information

Have important conversations in a quiet area

Profile books

Benefits of Visual Support

First then

( first step then next step,  have in visual picture)

Social Stories

Visual Schedules

Video self modelling

Next Steps

Make a video of what happens in the library.  Post it on the Library Opac so teachers can show their autistic children before they come to the library.

Visual cues what happens in the library with a finish box. Will reinforce the video for the children.

Have a safe place in the library for children to withdraw to if they need to.

2019: MSL Qualification through the Institute for Multisensory Structured Language Education - February 2019- December 2019

What does MSL, OG, SL stand for?

MSL stands for Multisensory Structured Language. OG stands for Orton-Gillingham. SL stands for Structured Literacy.They are all based on the same principles of instruction required for effective reading instruction. The BIG 6 of the National Reading Panel (US).

What is meant by Multisensory teaching?

Multisensory teaching is one important aspect of instruction for dyslexic students that is used by clinically trained teachers. Effective instruction for students with dyslexia is what all student require that is instruction that is direct & explicit, structured & systematic, cumulative, cognitive,intensive, emotionally sound and focused on meaningfully taking speech to print. The multisensory component involves the use of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic-tactile pathways simultaneously to enhance memory and learning of written language. A skilled MSL educator provides direct instruction to ensure links are consistently made between the visual (language we see), auditory (language we hear/perceive), and kinesthetic-tactile (language symbols we feel) pathways in learning to read and spell.

Margaret Byrd Rawson, a former President of the International Dyslexia Association (IDA), explains how the multisensory component is required for students with dyslexia (although this approach assists all learners):

Students with dyslexia need to be taught, slowly and thoroughly, the basic elements of their language—the sounds and the letters which represent them—and how to put these together and take them apart. They have to have lots of practice in having their writing hands, eyes, ears, and voices working together for conscious organization and retention of their learning. 

The training courses delivered by IMSLE (Australia) have been adapted, the courses are dynamic and evolving. IMSLE courses have been adapted to reflect best practice in the science of reading. The Associate MSL course offered is based on peer reviewed research in the fields of language, literacy and linguistics. Continuing interests in educational and scientific research ensures that all IMSLE courses are strongly focused on bridging scientific research to educational practice. MSL instruction is suitable for all students regardless of the cause who are struggling to master written print.

Read: Effective Reading Instruction

Reference IDA Fact She

Staff Meeting

Technology- Workshops

Beebots - Early Coding (Rhonda)

Can be used for early coding. Children learn directionality and position.


Coding Jam (Jude)

Making music and coding     
Osmo

 Mbots

Programme robots senior level- good for instructional writing

Wellness by Dan Bair ( Boys High)

Teachers in a high stress job
Theories and Methods
Flow - Mihaly Cskszertmihaly
Fulfillment
Accomplishment
Sense of self

List top 3-5 activites
Is there an activity you left behind
What activities outside work define you

Strong

Move for 30 minutes although 12 minutes is ok
Get into your body and out of your head

Intelligent

books
write down three things or words that you need to look up- Encyclopedia drill
everyday put something in the box - remember them

Creative
cooking, music

Life Long Learners

Draw up three boxes.  Try to tick all three boxes a day.  It can be only 5 minutes a day and can be integrated.

Talk by Wiremu Puke
Talk about  Hamilton and surrounding areas.
Te Timatanga
Garden Place  named because Kirikiriroa - "gardens brusting with the fullness of good things."
Kingi Taawhiao

Kirikiriroa means the gravel stretch - which was good for growing kumera.

Five Cross Roads was a block of Kahikatea forest.