Melissa Fanshawe is a lecturer in the School of Education at University of Southern Queensland. She has twenty years’ experience within Queensland schools as a teacher, advisory teacher, Deputy and Principal. Melissa is a trained teacher for students with vision impairment, gaining her Masters at RIDBC. She is currently completing her PhD in the field of Vision Impairment and enjoys her volunteer roles as an advisor to the board for Vision Australia, Vice-President for SPEVI and the Queensland convenor for the Australian Braille Authority. Melissa is passionate about teaching students with vision impairment the skills to be able to independently access quality education.
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Upcoming Events
Improving the Outcomes of Students who are Blind or have Low Vision in Mainstream Settings 2021
- March 10, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mainstream teachers will benefit from this one-day workshop by gaining a deeper understanding of the characteristics and learning needs of students who are blind or have low vision.
- March 10, 2021
Improving the Outcomes of Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing in Mainstream Settings 2021
- March 17, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Mainstream teachers will benefit from this one-day workshop by gaining a deeper understanding of the characteristics and learning needs of students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.
- March 17, 2021
Teacher Aides: Supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in your School 2021
- March 24, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
This course is intended to provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to assist in supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in the learning environment.
- March 24, 2021
Teacher Aides: Supporting Students who are Blind or have Low Vision in your School 2021
- March 26, 2021
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
This course is intended to provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to assist in supporting learners who are Blind or have Low Vision in the classroom environment.
- March 26, 2021
DIR 101: An Introduction to DIR® and DIRFloortime®
- April 19, 2021 - April 20, 2021
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
This training will introduce and examine the Developmental, Individual difference, Relationship-based (DIR) model, which is an established and recognized framework to understand a child’s development that was developed by Dr. Stanley Greenspan.
- April 19, 2021 - April 20, 2021