Sue Roffey Associates

News & Upcoming Events

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Sue's book Positive Relationships is available now in paperback, and will be further reduced in price in both UK and Australia.

Click on "Continue reading ..." below for a full list of upcoming courses and events ...

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those in black are for specific institutions by invitation only.

SUE ROFFEY

"Dear Sue, I attended your conference/workshop yesterday and have to tell you that it was the most inspiring, interesting and affirming 6 hours I have spent in a long time. Your passion and articulation of the subject content was excellent. The workshop ran with such ease that I'm sure everyone, not just myself, felt empowered by the day."

"Fantastic day, Sue - rigorous, stimulating and really positive. Renewed my passion in behaviour support when it was beginning to flag. Now I've got better practical sense of where our school can head." [Beyond Behaviour Management, AEU Tas, August 2008]

2013

May 23rd 2013: Circle Solutions Workshop at Positive Schools Conference, Perth

May 27th-28th 2013: Aboriginal Girls Residential Circle, Dubbo

May 30th 2013: Circle Solutions Workshop at Positive Schools Conference, Brisbane

May 31st 2013: The New Teacher's Survival Guide to Behaviour: TTA Brisbane

June 4th 2013: Intro to Circle Solutions, St Luke's Innovative Resources, Bendigo

June 6th 2013: Circle Solutions Workshop at Positive Schools Conference, Melbourne

June 11th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions: AIS NSW, Sydney

June 19th 2013: Kids Need Connections - learning and living positive relationships: Workshop at Young Minds Conference, Sydney

June 20th 2013: Beyond Behaviour Management day2: AIS NSW Sydney

July 8th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions, Charleville Qld

July 8th 2013: Parents evening: Authentic Wellbeing: Charleville High School

[July16th to 30th 2013 away in Kimberley]

August 1st-2nd 2013: Aboriginal Girls Residential Circle, Dubbo

August 7th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions: TTA, Sydney

August 9th-10th 2013: Circle Solutions Train the Trainer, Sydney

August 16th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions: Mount View PS, Melbourne

August 20th 2013: Building Teacher-Student Relationships: AIS NSW, Sydney

September 4th 2013: Leading School and Student Wellbeing: AIS NSW, Sydney

September 2013 to January 2014 in UK

October 1st 2013: Vulnerable and Challenging - What works in Changing Student Behaviour, London, British Psychological Society Learning Centre

October 21st 2013: Authentic Wellbeing and the Role of Positive Psychology in Schools, London, British Psychological Society Learning Centre

Think and be happy newsletter (extract)

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Featured Speaker:

POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DR SUE ROFFEY

Relationships are a highly significant part of our world and make a great difference to how we see ourselves and others, our sense of meaning and purpose, our engagement, and the positive feelings we experience. When they work well, relationships help deepen and expand the good times, support us in adversity, and lead to greater efficacy in learning and working environments. Sadly though, many relationships do not go well. Read more.

Sue Roffey

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Working to support children, promote social and emotional learning, develop pro-social behaviour, increase social inclusion and develop relational values in education and the wider community.

Sue is an educational psychologist, academic and author specialising in social, emotional and behavioural issues. She is Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney and Honorary Lecturer at University College, London. Sue works with NAPCAN and is a founder member and Director of Wellbeing Australia. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts - an organisation dedicated to positive and principled social change.

Sue is Director of the Aboriginal Girls Circle - a program for Indigenous young women run under the auspices of NAPCAN. She is also developing the Growing Great Schools project which addresses whole student - whole school wellbeing.

Read Sue's article in the Guardian Education on the UK Report on Behaviour 15th Feb 2012.

Follow Sue on Twitter: @SueRoffey, or at her blog. Contact her at SRA, or at UWS.

Sue's Blog

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Follow Sue's thoughts about the world and events here. You can also follow her on Twitter @SueRoffey. Some other interesting stuff gets posted at Wellbeing Australia: http://www.wellbeingaustralia.com.au/wba/

Associates: Bill Hansberry & Ali Palmer

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Bill Hansberry is based in Adelaide. SA. He is a teacher, counsellor and change agent for schools. Much of his work is in the field of restorative practices. More information about Bill and testimonials to his work can be found here. Bill is an accredited Circle Solutions Trainer and a welcome addition to the SRA team.

Ali Palmer is based in the Sunshine Coast, Qld. She is a teacher who has been working in the field of Student Wellbeing for many years. She has extensive knowledge and skills in the areas of social emotional learning. Her background in physical education, community education, pastoral care and learning difficulties enables her to make clear links between theory and practice. Ali is currently working as an Education Consultant for Independent Schools Queensland and KidsMatter. She is leading several projects with over 30 regional Queensland schools. Her projects include supporting Indigenous students from remote communities into boarding school settings as well as supporting schools to implement whole school approaches to student and staff wellbeing. Ali is a passionate educator who believes quality teaching and learning is grounded in positive relationships. Ali is a Director of Wellbeing Australia - an organisation committed to the development of caring, inclusive learning communities. Ali is a trained facilitator for the Circle Solutions framework.

Philosophy & Practice

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The following philosophy underpins the approaches that are used in training, consultancy and research activities undertaken by Sue Roffey Associates.

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DEVELOPING PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN CHILDREN and YOUNG PEOPLE

We need to define what we mean by 'being good'. Moral values are not about being obedient but about being considerate to others.

Behaviour management is not the same as learning to behave well

Students who have difficulties behaving appropriately or relating to others are often vulnerable. They need strong connection with others, not social exclusion.

Healthy relationships include raising confidence, high expectations, positive communication, teaching skills, being consistent and helping to develop empathy as part of emotional literacy.

Pro-social behaviour and positive values do not develop simply through a system of punishment and reward or telling children what to think and what to do. Children need to know what it feels like to be treated well, to have adult models of considerate behaviour and to have opportunities for reflection.

Difficulties do not exist solely within a pupil and it is not only this individual who needs to be the focus for intervention. Strategy is only as good as the context in which it is embedded. Relationship is the most significant aspect of context.

There are strong links between the protective factors in resilience, healthy relationships, pro-social behaviour and learning outcomes. These are: someone who seeks and relates to the best in you, high expectations and opportunities to feel you belong.

WORKING WITH FAMILIES

Parents usually do the best they can with the knowledge, skills. resources and support available to them. They have strengths and ideas that need to be acknowledged and built upon. Families who are struggling need support not blame and condemnation. Even in the most difficult circumstances we can behave with respect in order to maintain our integrity.

CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE

People often say what should be done but rarely detail how this happens. Defining the how is what makes the difference to something being effective. The process of change and the feelings that people have about it is as crucial as the content. Reviewing, monitoring and evaluating new practice keeps the how at the forefront.

WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES AND CULTURE

The way in which people talk about issues is central to what is accepted as 'the accurate view of reality' and this in turn affects any policy or action. Culture - what a community believes and values - is determined by what people say.

School culture differs according to the conversations about issues - such as students who are hard to manage, priorities, the place of parents, bullying etc.

Policies do not always reflect the dominant discourses. An effective school is aware of these issues and is active in addressing them.

Western society has many ills that are the outcome of poor social and emotional literacy. A greater emphasis in education on these aspects of intelligence will have benefits not only for individuals but for the communities of the future.

Emotional and social literacy is easier to achieve in a culture that celebrates values of social justice and cooperation than one which focuses on individual success, hierarchy and acquisition.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

people need respect and choices, not blame, if they are to take responsibility
people are complex, labelling can limit their potential
everyone needs to feel they belong, they matter and their diverse strengths valued
both problems and solutions are interactive
a strengths and solution focus is more useful
positive emotionality can be powerful
experiences of success keep us going
small consistent changes make a difference
language is action - what we say and how we say it is important
support and good communication are central
good communication includes listening!
meaning is as important as measurement in knowing what works and how
what happens, how we interpret experiences, our feelings and the actions we take are not separate but part of each other.
we need awareness of how society constructs the way we see things
emotional and social literacy needs a higher profile everywhere to address issues for individuals, our communities and beyond.

Children live what they learn

If children live with constant criticism,
They learn to condemn

If children live with hostility,
They learn to fight

If children live with ridicule,
They learn to be shy

If children live with shame,
They learn to feel guilty

If children live with encouragement,
They learn confidence

If children live with praise,
They learn to appreciate

If children live with fairness,
They learn justice

If children live with security,
They learn to have trust

If children live with approval,
They learn to like themselves

If children live with care and concern
They learn to care for others

If children live with acceptance and friendship,
They learn to find love in the world.

Training and Professional Development

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SRA provides training on many aspects of behaviour, school and student wellbeing, school leadership and related matters, including open-booking courses for the British Psychological Society Learning Centre and for the NSW Association of Independent Schools. For details of forthcoming courses, go to the News & Upcoming Events page on this site.

Circle Solutions aims to promote the social and emotional learning that underpins healthy relationships and foster a sense of belonging and connectedness. The framework is mostly used in classrooms but can be applied with groups at all ages, including school staff. It is particularly helpful in preventing bullying and developing a more supportive ethos. It has its own website, http://www.circlesolutionsnetwork.com/csn/.

"Brilliant - finally someone passionate and motivated who didn't just recite powerpoints ... Sue has made me feel enthusiastic and empowered - and knowledgeable."

"I learnt much as there was an opportunity to listen, think, discuss and share with each other."

Publications - including some free sample chapters ...

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Changing Behaviour in Schools: Promoting Relationships and Wellbeing and the revised edition of the New Teachers Survival Guide to Behaviour are available from Sage in the UK and Footprint Books in Australia. You can read some reviews of Changing Behaviour here. Positive Relationships: Evidence Based Practice across the World is available from Springer in both hardback and paperback and as a Kindle edition from Amazon. A full list of publications follows:

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Positive Relationships: Evidence Based Practice across the World is available from Springer. Relationships are threaded through every aspect of our lives, at home, at school, at work and at play. They are the foundation of our greatest happiness but can also be the cause of our deepest despair. Despite how crucial they are, we may not give much thought to relationships except when they go wrong - whether this is lost intimacy, violence in our communities or toxic working environments. This highly accessible book takes a positive psychology approach to explore why healthy relationships are important for resilience, mental health and peaceful communities, how people learn relationships and what helps in developing the positive. There is something here for everyone in both their personal and professional lives - and for students who anticipate working with people in any capacity. Chapters provide a wealth of evidence on promoting optimal interactions between couples, friends, parents and children and community groups. Authors address positive environments at work and at school, mentoring relationships, a new paradigm for relational leadership and how to foster tolerance between people of different faiths. Others explore what is best for children after family breakdown, how to ensure that conflict is more about learning than losing and what might help repair relationships that are damaged. Authors are academics and practitioners from across the world providing both evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence. Examples and case-studies throughout each chapter illustrate what works. Overarching themes include seeking what we have in common rather than what divides us, fostering positive communication practices, building social capital and what it means to treat each other with respect. The science of positive psychology shows that relationships can offer real meaning and sustainable fulfilment in our lives. Knowing what promotes the positive is the first step to authentic wellbeing.

Changing Behaviour in Schools: Relationships and Wellbeing. Published by Sage in November 2010

Good teachers know that positive relationships with students and school connectedness lead to both improved learning and better behaviour for all students, and this is backed up by research. This book will show you how to promote positive behaviour and wellbeing in your setting.

Taking an holistic approach to working with students, Sue provides examples of effective strategies for encouraging pro-social and collaborative behaviour in the classroom, the school and the wider community. Chapters look at the importance of the social and emotional aspects of learning, and ways to facilitate change.

Read the Introduction chapter here:
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/36566_Roffey_II_Proof.pdf

The New Teachers Survival Guide to Behaviour (First Edition 2004; Second Edition 2011) London SAGE/Paul Chapman. Foreword by Bill Rogers
This shows how new teachers might get maximum professional satisfaction by having an authoritative relationship with students. It suggests ways to deal with conflicts and confrontations which do not undermine a sense of self or purpose so that they become just part of the challenge, not the reason to dread Monday mornings. There are also ideas on maximising emotional resources - and looking out for supportive colleagues. See the (2004) chapter on establishing good relationships with your students, You and Your Class. This does not include Nic Watt's great illustrations but you can see some of his excellent work and contact him here.

Read the Introduction chapter to the Second Edition here:
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/38822_Roffey_II_Proof.pdf

Review on Behaviour UK: "This book should be handed to each teacher training graduate before they enter the classroom. Ideally it should be a recommended text whilst they are still training to teach."
Review in Nurturing Potential 15: "The book is clear, easy to read and full of solid guidance about what to do even in the most difficult situations."
Hear Sue discussing the book on ABC Radio National's Life Matters with Julie McCrossin (2MB mp3 file) and on ABC702 Sydney (1MB mp3 file).
Hear Sue sort of discussing the book on 2SM Sydney with a talkback host who only wants her to say that teachers are just there to deliver the curriculum like they did in the good old days. (2MB mp3 file)

Whole Child is a program for three primary levels with five themes: Emotions, Getting Along, Family and Community, Citizenship and Human Rights, Health and Wellbeing. Each theme for each level has two posters and a story to stimulate discussion and reflection. The teachers' resource books use guided questions and Circle Time activities to explore meanings for students. It goes to the heart of the individual within their class and their community. It addresses issues that are critical for our young people and their future - and the future of their world.

Circle Time for Emotional Literacy SAGE/Paul Chapman, 2006.
Hear Sue discussing Circle Time on Radio National's All In The Mind.
Sample a chapter from the book: Feelings of Belonging
Read 5 star review on Amazon

Read Chapter 1 here:
http://www.uk.sagepub.com/upm-data/12118_01_Roffey_Ch_01.pdf

Kersti Elliott from Clovelly Public School has provided this excellent alphabetical index to the Games in the book, to help with finding them.

Helping with Behaviour: Establishing the Positive and Addressing the Difficult, published by Routledge Falmer (2005) in an Early Years series co-produced with Nursery World:
This book shows how to establish good practice in early years settings so that all children are supported in developing positive interactions with one another. Sue explains the features of an 'emotionally literate' environment in order to meet the needs of more vulnerable children and looks at how to respond effectively when children are distressed and hard to manage, providing plenty of ideas and inspiration throughout. Read the chapter Once Again with Feeling.
For more detail see the Routledge site or Amazon, who also have a Kindle edition.

Plans for Better Behaviour in the Primary School: Management and Intervention (with Terry O'Reirdan)
2003: London David Fulton Publishers www.fultonpublishers.co.uk *
This book's special format allows you to look up the specific behaviour of concern. It provides strategies to manage the situation in the short term and then considers what might be done to meet the child's needs in the longer term. No more ploughing through dense text - this is all at your fingertips, This book is based on Haringey's Primary Behaviour Guidelines commended as good practice by the Department of Education, England and Wales. The chapter on Disruptive Behaviour demonstrates how the book is set out.

School Behaviour and Families: Frameworks for Working Together
2003: London, David Fulton Publishers.
This book focuses on the relationship that school have with parents and carers, especially in the early stages of behavioural difficulty. It includes chapters written by contributors who have a special expertise in working with parents who harm their children, the carers of children in foster families and residential homes, mobile families and families from diverse communities. It aims to promote the best possible partnership with parents in what is often a sensitive and emotional situation

"An illuminating exploration of the relationships between schools and families...in particular families in which there the child has behavioural difficulties" Times Educational Supplement

Young Children and Classroom Behaviour: Needs, Perspectives and Strategies
(with Terry O'Reirdan) 2001: London, David Fulton Publishers * also published in Spanish 2004 as el comportamiento de los más pequeños, Madrid, Narcea
This book shows how teachers can encourage children to learn positive attitudes and engage in appropriate classroom behaviour from the outset. It considers ways to minimise disruptive behaviour and encourages a range of useful perspectives on behaviour and young children in school. These are supported by practical easy to implement strategies. This book has been 'highly recommended' by teachers in a survey for the General Teaching Council. UK." Here is an essential text for infant and primary colleagues. It is well written, realistic, practical and useful and readable ... overall this is an excellent text, indispensable for infant teachers" Bill Rogers author of Behaviour Recovery

Special Needs in the Early Years: Collaboration, Communication and Co-ordination
Second Edition, 2001: London David Fulton Publishers *
The communication between professionals, parents and early years educators is perhaps the single most important factor in ensuring continuity of progress for a young child with special educational needs. This books focuses on what needs to be done and how to achieve it through good communication practices."I would recommend this book to people, including professionals and educators who may be less experienced in working with young children with special educational needs. However even to the experienced professional this book is a significant contribution to the thinking and practice of all those involved in multi-agency work and addressing the needs of children in the early years" The British Psychological Society

Young Friends : Schools and Friendship (with Tony Tarrant and Karen Majors)
1994: London, Cassell Education. (Published in Danish in 2000 as Er Du Min Ven, Copenhagen, Dansk Psykologisk)
This book sets out to explore the different social contexts that children find themselves in at school. It aims to link principles and theory with practical application by providing a positive social climate in an educational setting. Now out of print.

GETTING HOLD OF THESE BOOKS IN AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION

*Sage publications are available in Australia from Footprint Phone 02 9997 3185 or email

David Fulton and Routledge books are distributed in Australia by Palgrave Macmillan: Phone 03 9825 1025 Fax 03 9825 1010 email

Sue has also written two teaching and learning resources for the Curriculum Corporation on Values Education. Both are on Friendship, one in the early years and one for middle childhood.

ARTICLES

2013: Sue Roffey and Florence McCarthy: Circle Solutions: a philosophy and pedagogy for learning positive relationships. What promotes and inhibits sustainable outcomes? in International Journal of Emotional Education 5(1): 36-55

2013 Sue Roffey: Inclusive and exclusive belonging - the impact on individual and community well-being, in Educational and Child Psychology 30 (1)

2012 Sue Roffey: Pupil wellbeing - Teacher wellbeing: Two sides of the same coin? in Educational and Child Psychology 29 (4)

2011 Sue Roffey: Enhancing Connectedness in Australian Children & Young People in Asian Journal of Counselling, 18 (1 & 2) 15-39. Reprinted here with permission from AJC.

2010 'Content and context for learning about relationships: A cohesive framework for individual and whole school development' in Educational and Child Psychology 27 (1)
Sue co-edited this special issue on In-school Relationships and their Outcomes. You can download all 12 articles from the Wellbeing Australia site here.

2009 Effective and Flourishing: Making a real difference by developing school and student wellbeing. Article for Principal Matters

2009 Robyn Hromek and Sue Roffey: Games as a pedagogy for social and emotional learning. 'Its fun and we learn things' Simulation and Gaming 40 (5) 626 - 644

2008 Noble, T., McGrath, H., Roffey, S. & Rowling, L. A Scoping Study on Student Wellbeing. Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Australian Commonwealth Government

2008 Emotional literacy and the ecology of school wellbeing in Educational and Child Psychology 25 (2) 29-39
Sue co-edited this special issue on Psychological Wellbeing. You can download all articles from this issue here.

2007 Transformation and emotional literacy: The role of school leaders in developing a caring community. Leading and Managing Vol 13.1. pp 16 - 30

2007 Oppositional? yes, defiant? yes, disordered? Who says? DECP Debate.

2007 Raising Achievement Update Taking Account of Emotions in Student-Teacher Telationships

2006 EQ Australia "Learning to Care: Relationships, emotional literacy and wellbeing" Text available for download from Curriculum Corporation here.

2006 Circle Time: How it might change you, your school and your students. In Education Connect Issue Six - written with Phil Ward.

2005 Article written with Michelle Nemec on Emotional literacy and whole school change. Australian Association for Research in Education.

Series of monthly articles on young children and behaviour in Nursery World magazine 2005. Some now reprinted in Early Childhood Read Beliefs and Behaviour.

2005 Respect in practice: the challenge of emotional literacy in education. Peer reviewed paper for the Australian Association for Research in Education. Full text available from AARE site.

2005 Emotional Literacy: what is it and what can it do? Article in Classroom(Australia)

2004 The home-school interface for behaviour: A conceptual framework for co-constructing reality Article in Educational and Child Psychology 21:4 95-108April 2004 Action in the Aftermath Article in the British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology Newsletter.

September 2001 Roffey. S. "What do we tell the children?" Article in Sydney Morning Herald following the terrorist attack in New York.

Winter 2001 Roffey, S. "The Emotion in Learning" in EQ Australia

March 2000 Roffey, S. "Addressing Bullying: Organisational Factors from Policy to Practice" in Educational and Child Psychology Vol. 17 No. 1

1997 Roffey, Tarrant and Majors "Friends, who needs them? What do we know and what can we do?" in Educational and Child Psychology: "The Social World of the Child".

1997 "What to do if a Child in Your School Dies".Guidance for Head teachers published by Haringey LEA

1992 The Haringey Response to Bullying: The outcome of a working group to research and write these guidelines. They were launched at a national conference Oct. 1992

1992 Marshall, S. Wright C. and Imich, A. "Trick or Treat - An Appraisal of Appraisal." in "Educational Psychology in Practice"

Diary of Past Events

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A quick summary of past work by Sue Roffey Associates. Diary 2013 (for forthcoming events, see here)

January 24th 2012: Monte Sant' Angelo School, N Sydney: Relationships - the heart of quality teaching

January 25th 2012: Richard Johnson Anglican School, Oakhurst: In-School Relationships

January 29th 2012: Clovelly Public School: Teacher Wellbeing

March 15th 2013: Agents of Change, University College London

April 30th-May 1st 2013: Circle Solutions Train the Trainer, Sydney

May 3rd 2013: ARACY / Wellbeing Australia seminar, Sydney

May 3rd 2013: gleebooks: Launch of Positive Relationships

May 6th 2013: Relationships - the heart of quality teaching: TTA Sydney

May 8th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions: Holy Cross School, New Gisborne Vic

May 9th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions: St Ambrose's School, Woodend Vic

May 10th 2013: Beyond Behaviour Management: AIS NSW Sydney

May 13th 2013: New Teacher's Survival Guide: Cairns Catholic Education Services

May 14th 2013: Introduction to Circle Solutions: Cairns Catholic Education Services

May 15th 2013: Teacher Wellbeing: Cairns Catholic Education Services

May 16th 2013: Shared Humanity & Emotional Regulation: Cairns Catholic Education Services

May 17th 2013: Growing Great Kids: Cairns Catholic Education Services

May 19th 2013: Keeping Kids Connected: Learning and Living Positive Relationships: Keynote: Network of Community Activities Enriching Childhood Conference, Manly

Diary 2012

January 26th 2012: Kinross Wolaroi School, Orange: Leading Student and School Wellbeing

January 31st 2012: Northside Montessori, Pymble: Intro to Circle Solutions

February 10th 2012: Aboriginal Girls Circle, Dubbo

February 11th 2012: Dubbo College - Delroy Campus: Intro to Circle Solutions

February 16th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, The Christie Centre, Brisbane (Ali Palmer)

February 22nd-24th 2012: Catholic Education Office in Melbourne: Social and Emotional Learning - three separate one-day sessions for different school clusters

February 28th 2012: Association of Independent Schools NSW: Establishing the Positives and Addressing the Difficult

March 10th 2012: Circles Review Day Sydney

March 21st 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, West Moreton Anglican College (Ali Palmer)

March 29-30th 2012: Aboriginal Girls Circle, Dubbo

March 30th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, All Souls St Gabriels (Ali Palmer)

March 31st 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Dubbo College South Campus

April 16th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Trinity Anglican College (Ali Palmer)

April 16-17th 2012: Circle Solutions Train the Trainer, Cairns

April 18th 2012: Leading School and Student Wellbeing: CES Cairns

April 19th 2012: Changing Behaviour in the Secondary School: CES Cairns

April 20th 2012: Changing Behaviour in the Primary School: CES Cairns

April 23rd 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Ultimo Public School

April 24th 2012: Student Behaviour: Establishing the Positive and Dealing with the Difficult (Session 2 of 2), AIS NSW

April 26th 2012: Wellbeing Australia and ARACY meetings

April 27th 2012: Teacher Student Relationships, Casimir College, Marrickville

April 28th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Dubbo College Senior Campus

April 30th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Gold Coast, Pearson Professional Learning

May 5 to mid-September in UK

May 11th 2012: Education and Child Psychology Editorial Board

May 22nd 2012: Authentic Wellbeing and the Role of Positive Psychology in Schools, British Psychological Society Learning Centre, London

May 24th 2012: Vulnerable and Challenging - What works in Changing Student Behaviour, British Psychological Society Learning Centre, London

June 1st 2012: Lecture to Ed Psych students, University College London

June 27th and July 3rd 2012: recording professional development days on Behaviour for Loqui TV: these will then be available as a 16-hour downloadable online course.

July 9th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Trinity Anglican College (Ali Palmer)

July 18th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, West Moreton Anglican College (Ali Palmer)

August 22nd 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Moreton Bay College (Ali Palmer)

September 4th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Clayfield College (Ali Palmer)

October 8th 2012: Leading Whole-school Student and School Wellbeing, AIS NSW

October 9th 2012: Building Teacher-Student Relationships, AIS NSW

October 10th 2012: Helping our children be resilient: St Charles' School, Waverley

October 12th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Sydney (Bankstown), Pearson Professional Learning

October 15-16th 2012: Circle Solutions Train the Trainer, SRA Sydney

October 18th 2012: Changing Behaviour in Schools, Newcastle, Pearson Professional Learning

October 22nd 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Nambour Christian College (Ali Palmer)

October 23rd 2012: Circles Review Day, Clovelly Public School

October 30th 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Cairns, Pearson Professional Learning

October 31st-November 2nd: Courses for Cairns Catholic Education

October 31st 2012: Primary Behaviour
November 1st 2012: Secondary Behaviour
November 2nd 2012: Working with Parents

November 9th 2012: APS Queensland CEDP Keynote Speaker, Brisbane

November 12-16th 2012: AISQ Principals Breakfast / Tea in:

12th tea: Gold Coast
13th breakfast: Brisbane
13th tea: Sunshine Coast
14th tea: Rockhampton
15th tea: Townsville
16th breakfast: Cairns

November 23rd 2012: Intro to Circle Solutions, Melbourne, Pearson Professional Learning

November 30th 2012: Relationships - the heart of quality teaching - TTA Sydney

December 3rd-4th 2012: Circle Solutions Train the Trainer, SRA Sydney

Diary 2011

January 31st Balcome Grammar School, Victoria

February 23rd Circle Solutions Intro Sydney run by Pearson Education

February 24th / 25th Circle Solutions Trainer program NSW

February 28th Liverpool West Public School

March 2nd Circle Solutions Intro Hobart run by Pearson Education

March 3rd and 4th Circle Solutions Trainer program Hobart

March 8th Circle Solutions Intro Brisbane run by Pearson Education with ISQ

March 9th and 10th Circle Solutions Trainer program Brisbane

March 11th to 15th Adelaide

March 24th - 26th Second AGC in Dubbo

April 7th Ramsgate Out of School and Home Care: Beyond Behaviour Management

April 12th Circle Intro Townsville

April 14th and 15th Circle Solutions Trainer program Townsville

April 16th Positive Psychology in Education Symposium Sydney - panel member

April 27th Camdenville Public School, NSW

April 28th Changing Behaviour in Schools Melbourne run by Pearson Education

April 29th Circle Solutions Intro Melbourne run by Pearson Education

May 2nd and 3rd Circle Solutions Trainer program

May 5th -7th Third AGC in Dubbo

May 11th NAPCAN AGC meeting in Perth

May 12th Keynote at Positive Schools Conference Perth

May 20th Assistant Principals Conference, Sydney Inner West Catholic

May 25th Social and Emotional Learning CEOM Melbourne

May 28th - June 4th - Tokyo

June 4th - end September - in the UK

June 10th Workshop for trainee educational psychologists University College. London

June 27th - July 3rd Manchester ENSEC conference

August 16th Circle Intro, St Paul's Lutheran Caboolture (Ali Palmer)

September 20th and 21st Guest lectures at Manchester Metropolitan University

October 6th Circle Intro Cairns

October 7th and 8th Circle Trainer program - Cairns

October 10th Circle Intro Melbourne

October 11th and 12th Circle trainer Melbourne

October 17th AIS Sydney ; Leading School Wellbeing

October 18th AIS Sydney : Social and Emotional Learning

October 21st Circle Intro Sydney"

October 24th and 25th Circle Trainer Sydney

November 9th ECEC Sydney

Diary 2010

January 20th Walloon Primary School, QLD The Optimistic School

January 22nd Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Adelaide (Pearson)

January 27th Rozelle Public School Circle Time Solutions

January 28th and 29th Victoria Schools (Macmillan)

February 25th Circle Solutions intro Sydney

Feb 26th and 27th Circle Solutions Trainer program

March 9th Circle Solutions intro Adelaide

March 11th and 12th Trainer Program (Hansberry Educational Consulting)

March 15th Circle Solutions intro Melbourne (Pearson)

March 18th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Cairns (Pearson)

March 19th and 20th CTS Trainer program, Cairns

April 12th Intro to Circle Solutions St Clare's Primary School, Thomastown West, Victoria

April 19th Clovelly Primary School CTS and Building Relationships

April 23rd Circle Solutions Intro - Tasmania, Hobart (Pearson)

April 28th AIS Sydney Changing Behaviour

April 30th AIS Sydney The Intra and Interpersonal Competencies of Leaders

May 5th Nishimachi International School, Tokyo, Circle Solutions Training

May 6th The British School Tokyo - Parents workshop on Authentic Wellbeing and Resilience

May 7th International Mental Health Professionals Japan - workshop on Positive Psychology and Authentic Happiness

May 8th to August 26th in UK and Europe

May 14th Editorial Board meeting, Educational and Child Psychology, Scotland

June 11th University College London Educational Psychology trainees - Being an Agent of Change for Wellbeing in Schools

June 23rd - 26th European Positive Psychology Conference, Copenhagen, co-presenting workshops 1) with Toni Noble, 2) with Robyn Hromek

September 1st Social and Emotional Learning in Secondary Schools CEOM

September 3rd Circle Solutions Intro Cowra Public School, Orange

September 7th Mowbray School parents evening

September 8th AIS Sydney Student and School Wellbeing

September 22nd Dubbo Circle Solutions Intro

September 23rd to 26th Dubbo Aboriginal Girls Project

September 27th AGCA Hobart: Challenging Behaviour

September 28th Hobart Circle Solutions Intro

September 30th Brisbane Circle Solutions Intro

October 1st and 2nd Brisbane Circle Solutions Trainer program

October 19th Intro to Circle Solutions, Ravenswood School

October 21st Sydney Circle Solutions Intro

October 22nd and 23rd Circle Solutions Trainer program

October 26th Wahroonga Public School Staff In-service

November 5th Intro to Circle Solutions Adelaide

November 9th Intro to Circle Solutions Devonport

November 13th Intro to Circle Solutions Perth

November 18th and 19th Mind and its Potential Conference

November 22nd Intro to Circle Solutions Melbourne

November 23rd and 24th Circle Solutions Trainer Program

Monday 6th December to 12th January 2011 - UK

Diary 2009

January 27th Putney and Meadowbank Schools, NSW

January 28th Glen Katherine Primary School, Victoria

January 29th Balcombe Grammar School, Victoria

January 30th Somerville Primary School Victoria

February 1st Guilford Young College, Tasmania

March 6th Circle Time Training Sydney

April 20th Beenleigh High School, Brisbane QLD

May 1st Lightning Ridge Central School, NSW

May 9th Positive Psychology Conference: workshop

May 12th Circle Time Training in Sydney

May 13th Northern Sydney High School Teachers: Keynote: Relationships, resilience and connection

May 17th Network Conference Manly: Workshop

May 25th South Australia Primary Conference: two workshops : Adelaide

May 27th Association of Independent Schools: Being Belonging and Behaviour

May 29th Association of Independent Schools : Enhancing Intra and Interpersonal Leadership Capabilities

June 3rd Northern Sydney Middle School Teachers: Keynote: Relationships, resilience and connection

June 11th Sydney: Beyond Behaviour Management: Pearson Professional Development

June 22nd Thriving not Surviving Pearson Professional Development Sydney

June 25th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions: Sydney open to all, max 25

June 26th and 27th: Train the Trainer - Circle Time Solutions Sydney

July 3rd Ascham School (Hillingdon) Circle Time Solutions

July 7th Rouse Hill Anglican College: Primary School: Beyond Behaviour Management: High School: Wellbeing and Connectedness.

July 16th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Adelaide Pearson Professional Development Open to all, max 25

July 17th and 18th Trainer program Adelaide

July 22nd to September 28th in the UK

October 8th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Adelaide

October 9th and 10th CTS Trainer program Adelaide

October 15th Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Sydney

October 16th and 17th CTS Trainer Program Sydney

October 19th Mowbray Primary School

October 30th 9.30 - 1.00 pm CTS Seminar for Primary School Principals Penrith District Office

November 6th Northern Sydney Counsellor's conference

November 10th ICAN conference Adelaide

November 15th - 18th APPCAN conference Perth

December 3rd Melbourne Introduction to Circle Time Solutions Melbourne - Pearson

December 4th and 5th Trainer program Melbourne - Inyahead Press

December 17th Wheeler Heights Public School Authentic Wellbeing and Engagement

December 18th Menai Public School, Circle Time Solutions

Diary 2008

January 25th, 29th, and 30th: Teachers' in-service days NSW

February 18th - 22nd Learning through Community Service UWS

March 3rd Sydney Circle Time Solutions training at the Commission for Children and Young People - open to all - max 25

March 14th Circle Time Solutions Training Melbourne: run by Hawker Brownlow

April 3rd Blue Mountains Circle Time Solutions training at Lawson School - open to all - max 25

April 5th and 6th Positive Psychology Conference Sydney

April 9th - 15th Melbourne Catholic Education Office Melbourne Wellbeing Coordinators: Agents of Change

April 23rd: Circle Time training Adelaide - run by Pearson Education

April 28th Nambucca Valley Learning Community: Good teaching: Real learning - Macksville

April 30th : Glen Katherine Primary School, Eltham North, Victoria

May 12th: The Whole Child primary program: Social and emotional wellbeing. Melbourne: Pearson

May 19th: Circle Time: Lang Lang and Toorabin Schools, Victoria

May 23rd Resilience and wellbeing: Canberra ACT Deputy Principals Conference:

May 26th AIS NSW Workshop at the Pastoral Care Conference , Sydney

May 27th: Resilience and Relationships: Parent and student Forum Putney Primary School, Sydney

May 28th: Whole Child primary program: Social and emotional wellbeing. St George's Sydney

May 30th: Relationships and School Connectedness: Stonnington Primary School, Victoria

June 6th: Circle Time Solutions training at the Commission for Children and Young People - open to all - max 25

June 11th and 12th: Whole Child Primary Program: Social and Emotional wellbeing: Brisbane, Pearson

June 18th: Resilience and Relationships: Parent and Student Forum to be held at Carlingford High School, Sydney

June 20th: Circle Time Solutions training at Hawker Brownlow, Melbourne

June 24th Parramatta Catholic Schools Counsellors conference: Positive psychology and Strategies for Wellbeing

June 26th - 28th: World Education Forum Being, Becoming and Belonging Conference, Adelaide. Workshops on Circle Time and Social and Emotional Learning

June 30th Circle Time training Adelaide

July 4th: Strategies for school and student wellbeing : Davidson Cluster of Schools, Sydney

July 21st: Circle Time staff training Banksia Road Public School Sydney

July 25th Community Circles KIDSCAN Blacktown Council

July 28th St. Raphael's school, Hurstville South, Resilience / Bounceback session for parents

July 30th: Beyond Behaviour Management: Adelaide Macmillan Professional Learning

July 31st: Beyond Behaviour Management: Melbourne Macmillan Professional Learning

August 6th Southern Metropolitan Student Wellbeing Conference Melbourne

August 7th Community Circles KIDSCAN Port Stephens Council

August 14th: School connectedness and resilience: Hobart Macmillan Professional Learning

August 15th: Beyond Behaviour Management: Hobart, Australian Education Union:

August 18th Adelaide: Social and Emotional Learning in the Classroom DECS

August 22nd and 28th Personal and Interpersonal Capacities of School Leaders AIS NSW Sydney

August 24th Outdoor Education Conference Sydney: Keynote presentation and workshops

August 27th Beyond Behaviour Management AIS Sydney Part 1 of course

September 1st - October 6th in the UK.

October 16th/17th Glen Katherine School, Melbourne

October 24th NSW Itinerant Behaviour Support Teacher conference - Connectedness.

October 27th Beyond Behaviour Management AIS Sydney (Part 2 of course)

October 29th Circle Time Solutions training Sydney

October 31st and November 1st Turner School Canberra: Friendships (early years and primary); Beyond Behaviour Management (older primary) Living with Teenagers (Parents); Teacher Resilience and Wellbeing (staff)

November 17th Circle Time Solutions training Melbourne - Inyahead Press

November 24th Catherine McCauley School, Sydney

November 28th Circle Time Solutions Training for ORIC Sydney

November 7th, 14th, 21st and December 5th Denistone Public School: ' Children can be Challenging' course for parents

December 8th Pymble Ladies College Academic Care

Diary 2007

January: BPS conference in Glasgow on Psychological Wellbeing and Resilience. Co-ordinated a symposium on in-school relationships and wellbeing. Other speakers were James Park, Robyn Hromek and Kairen Cullen. The paper on teacher-student relationships was the subject of an article in the Times Educational Supplement. The original paper is available from the publications page.

Co-editor of a special edition on Educational and Child Psychology on Psychological Wellbeing and Resilience to be published early in 2008.

January and February: Canberra - Emotional Literacy and Values.

May: Keynote presenter at the AIS School Counsellors' Conference in Newcastle.

August: Harcourt Leading Edge after school seminars take place in Melbourne. Beyond Behaviour Management

The Association of Independent Schools NSW with Dr Toni Noble on the Personal and Interpersonal Capacities of School Leaders on June 1st and August 6th

July: Northallerton North Yorkshire Educational Psychology Service : Positive psychology and a framework for emotional literacy

August: Adelaide, Port Pirie and Cowell for Professional Standards in Education - Relationships

August: Port Pirie: Teachers New to the District - Survival skills.

August: Children, Young People and Behaviour UWS School Counsellor Re-training course (20th-24th)

September: Australian Guidance and Counselling Association Conference in Fremantle, WA - two workshops, one on the development of caring communities and the other on school counsellors as change agents.

October: Paper presented at the Australian Council for Educational Leaders conference in Sydney on EL and leadership

November: Paper at the National Coalition against Bullying in November in Melbourne on the development of caring communities.

December: Haringey Educational Psychology Service, London. Positive and Critical Psychology: Strategies for Wellbeing.

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Going postal

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Please note that we no longer have the Spit Junction PO Box, and our only postal address is 40A Rickard Avenue, Mosman NSW 2088.