This course provides Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) with advanced strategies for managing behaviours of concern and fostering a supportive learning environment. It explores the importance of emotional regulation, movement breaks, and self-care, equipping SNAs with practical tools to enhance student engagement and well-being.
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What you will learn:
Managing Behaviours of Concern – Effective techniques for responding to extreme behaviours.
Promoting Positive Behaviour – Strategies to foster a supportive and engaging environment
Sensory Regulation – Understanding sensory processing and its impact on students.
Importance of Movement Breaks – How physical activity can improve focus and behaviour.
Self-Care for SNAs – Practical ways to maintain personal well-being and resilience.
created by
Annette Ormond
I am a primary teacher working in schools for the past nineteen years. I am a passionate lifelong learner and am currently completing a Masters in Educational Leadership through Waterford Institute of Technology. I have graduated with a degree in psychology from the Open University. I have completed many different courses in the area of educating students with Additional Needs and I have significant and varied experience in the area including working in SET, special class teaching and as a SENCO. I have worked with many different schools nationwide planning different aspects of the Continuum of Support with them and planning provision in their school for students with additional needs. I believe wholeheartedly in the difference we can make in the lives of people with many
additional needs through our understanding and our knowledge. I worked with the Dyslexia Association of Ireland for eight years, as a tutor on the SNA course with UCD, and as a lecturer with Hibernia College on the Inclusion and Diversity module with the PME students. I was awarded the IATSE Testimonial and Award for excellence in Support Teaching in 2017 when studying in University College Dublin and the Louise Madigan Bursary Award for research in education in 2021. I worked as a member of the ILSA Executive Committee.
