These courses are delivered Face to Face and are open to everyone to attend; parents, teachers, school executives, principals, allied health and medical professionals as well as students. These courses are held at RIDBC Renwick Centre, around Australia and in some international locations.
Many of these sessions are available through remote access from around the country and world.
These sessions offer the research and practical skills as well as networking opportunities.
Imaginative play – a Platform for Learning in Young Children with Hearing Loss
Do you work with young children with hearing loss and their families? Do you support young children with hearing loss in a childcare. Preschool or kindergarten? Are you interested to know what you can do to include more purposeful play as a basis for learning?
Teaching and Learning Strategies for Students Who Are Blind/Visually Impaired in the Sensorimotor Stage of Development
Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the unique needs of the students with visual impairments and multiple disabilities at the sensorimotor level of development and how these students can be taught meaningful routines which become a foundation for learning new concepts.
Positive Strategies to develop the mental health of children and adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing
This course is targeted to teachers and professionals that are working with students that are deaf or hard of hearing in both primary and secondary schooling. If you are looking to develop strategies for working with their students who are at risk of developing mental health issues this course will provide you with a variety of positive psychology tips and practical ideas to implement in your classroom/setting.
Accessible STEM – Special Interests and Messy Robots
In this one day hands-on workshop participants will explore ways that they can make STEM teaching and learning activities accessible as well as the gaming options for students who require alternate access options.
Untangling the Code – Braille Mathematics Primary K-6
This workshop will identify all relevant principles essential in having a true understanding of Braille transcription of mathematical material K – 6. It will address the various Braille code signs and modes and give a comprehensive understanding of why things are brailled as they are when an almost identical item is brailled differently.
Unpacking the Code: Braille Mathematics in the Secondary years
This workshop will identify all relevant principles essential in having a true understanding of braille transcription of mathematical material 7 – 12. It will address the various braille code signs and modes at this level and give a comprehensive understanding of why things are brailled as they are when an almost identical item is brailled differently.
Vision Surveillance and Screening for the Nursing Profession
This day will present a focus on early identification of eye and vision problems in children aged 0-5 years.
Vision Surveillance and Screening for the Nursing Profession
This day will present a focus on early identification of eye and vision problems in children aged 0-5 years.
Simple steps to improved adult audiological rehabilitiation
In this workshop we will discuss the common barriers to both uptake, and success of audiological rehabilitation. Theoretical discussion will be scaffolded by implementing tools and strategies with simulated patients, aimed at reducing barriers and achieving successful outcomes.
AAC – Communication in Action
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) are the communication tools, systems and strategies that can replace or supplement natural speech. There are many reasons that a person may not be able to communicate using speech. AAC is the tool that can give a person with little or no speech a way to communicate their needs, their thoughts and ideas, tell stories, and interact with the world around them.
