Join us for an online session to help you better understand why your child doesn't want to go to school.
This is for parents and carers of school aged children with disability.
Participants will gain knowledge about:
- why it's appropriate that we reframe 'school refusal' as 'school can't'
- using language carefully when talking about it
- the autonomic nervous system
- why it's important that in responding to those experiencing ‘school can't’ we seek to identify stressors and barriers to attendance
- how to respond to those stressors and barriers.
Presenter: Tiffany Westphal
Tiffany Westphal is a founding board member of School Can’t Australia (SCA) and has been actively involved as a SCA volunteer for over five years. As a social worker, Tiffany supports neurodivergent students experiencing school can’t and their families. As a parent she has supported a neurodivergent daughter for ten years through on and off school can’t.
For the past year Tiffany has been developing Student Stress Investigation, a resource designed to assist in identifying school-based stressors implicated in school can’t. She is passionate about sharing what she has learned about supporting students, and their parents and carers and supporting carers and educators to understand their needs.
This event is funded by Carers Victoria.
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