Professional Development

Inclusive Communication is known for their high-quality, practical, and evidence-based professional development. We have worked with teams across Aotearoa.

If you are looking for bespoke workshops, webinars, or training - please email us at courses@inclusive-communication.co.nz

Past offerings

We are well positioned to offer training and professional development on a wide range of topics. Below are some examples of past workshops and webinars.

Workshop 1 - Supporting student’s communication and language skills

• Developing language in everyday moments
• Social and communication underpinnings to behaviour
• Anxiety and communication
• What comes before words? How to support communication development for students who aren’t yet talking
• Developing language in everyday moments
• Autism and language development – so my student repeats scripts, what does this mean and what should I do?
• AAC 101 – how to support language development for students with minimal vocal speech
• AAC – intermediate – so my student has a communication device/system, now what?

Workshop 2 - Practical skills and knowledge to support neurodivergent students with a focus on ADHD, autism, and language delay

This workshop is similiar to workshop 1, however it has a stronger focus on neurodiversity.

• Social and communication underpinnings to behaviour
• Supporting social connections with students who find playing with peers, group work, and interacting with peers tricky
• Anxiety and communication
• What comes before words? How to support communication development for students who aren’t yet talking
• Autism and language development – so my student repeats scripts, what does this mean and what should I do?
• Neurodiversity – Intermediate level – including autism, ADHD, and language delays
• AAC 101 – how to support language development for students with minimal vocal speech
• AAC – intermediate – so my student has a communication device/system, now what?
• Visual supports on the fly – how to support our students understanding by making our language more visual

Workshop 3 - Early communication / literacy workshop - for those working with students at or below level 1 of the curriculum - this is appropriate for primary, intermediate, and secondary settings

• Developing language in everyday moments
• Social and communication underpinnings to behaviour
• Supporting social connections with students who find playing with peers, group work, and interacting with peers tricky
• Anxiety and communication
• What comes before words? How to support communication development for students who aren’t yet talking
• Autism and language development – so my student repeats scripts, what does this mean and what should I do?
• Neurodiversity – practical introduction for those new to working with this group of tamariki
• AAC 101 – how to support language development for students with minimal vocal speech
• Visual supports on the fly – how to support our students understanding by making our language more visual
• Comprehensive Literacy for older students who do not yet know most of their letters, most of the time

Online webinars

Please contact us if you would like an ondemand or live webinar on any of the following topics.

Learning Support focus

*Social and communication underpinnings to behaviour

*Anxiety and communication

*Supporting social connections with students who find playing with peers, group work, and interacting with peers tricky

*Visual supports on the fly:how to support our students understanding by making our language more visual

*Executive functioning: how do I support and teach my students the skills needed to tackle school work and school expectations

*Comprehensive Literacy for older students - who do not yet know most of their letters, most of the time

Neurodiversity focus

• Autism and language development – so my student repeats scripts (echolalia), what does this mean and what should I do?*

• Neurodiversity affirming behavioural support - so praise and consequences aren’t working, what next?

• Neurodiversity – introductory level - practical introduction for those new to working with this group of tamariki

• Neurodiversity – Intermediate level - including autism, ADHD, and language delays

• Neurodiversity – Advanced level - including autism, ADHD, and language delays

Supporting students with minimal speech or who use assistive technology and AAC

• What comes before words? How to support communication development for students who aren’t yet talking

• Developing language in everyday moments

• AAC 101– how to support language development for students with minimal vocal speech

• AAC – Intermediate – so my student has a communication device/system, now what?