Lesson series

Summer School 2025

A transformative learning series empowering practitioners with hands-on, best-practice strategies to support young children with disabilities. Elevate your expertise this summer!

13 January 2025 - 06 February 2025
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SUMMER SCHOOL 2025: Because it's time to invest in you!

Summer is an ideal time for practitioners to take a step back, recharge, and invest in their own well-being. After a busy year supporting others, this season offers a unique opportunity to reset and refocus. Summer School allows practitioners to nourish themselves with eight self-paced, webinar-style learning sessions spread over four weeks. These sessions are designed to be flexible, engaging, and enriching, enabling practitioners to hone their skills, explore new ideas, and cultivate new strategies at their own pace. Join us at Summer School 2025 and leap into the New Year re-energised and ready to make an even greater impact.

Meet Your Presenters!

Christina Keeble

Christina Keeble is a Neurodiversity & Educational Consultant, registered Early Childhood & Primary Teacher with 22 years experience working with neurodivergent children. Christina has a MA in SpecEd, GradDip in Primary & Early Childhood Teaching, and a BA Honours (Psych). However, Christina’s most important job is as an Autistic/ADHD mother of 2 amazing, neurodivergent PDAers.

Heidi Denner

With close to 20 years professional experience as an educator supporting children with complex needs, as well as parenting her own three neurodivergent children, Heidi is a passionate advocate for all things ‘inclusive practice’. Heidi currently works as a consultant (Illuminating Inclusion- Early Years Consultancy) supporting the collaboration of Allied Health Professionals, teachers, educators and families within ECEC settings.

Jackie Hall

Jackie Hall is the Founder of the Parental Stress Centre and Safe To Grow, ACA-accredited counsellor, five-time author, and mother. Working with autistic children in residential youth care, she became passionate about translating complex issues into actionable strategies. She has now had the privilege of supporting thousands of parents through her child-centric, neuro-affirming training.

Alanna Jinks

Alanna Jinks is driven to build inclusive spaces that empower children of all abilities. Her experiences as a Speech Pathologist, working across Australia’s diverse regions, have shaped her leadership in developing workforce capabilities in best-practice early childhood intervention and advocating for a disability sector that presumes potential and celebrates diversity.

Joshua Schiller

Joshua Schiller is an experienced Accredited Practising Dietitian specialising in early childhood nutrition with a neuro-affirming approach. Josh is currently working with Necessity Kids and his own practice, Fundamental Dietetics, across NSW and is working towards a PhD with Western Sydney University.

Adam Christie

Adam is a passionate early childhood teacher with a degree in Early Childhood Education and Arts from Flinders University, South Australia and a Diploma in strategic leadership. Adam has 17 years' experience in early childhood education and care working across non-government and government services as an educator, teacher and leader. Adam is now an early childhood consultant working alongside leaders and teams with a focus on leadership, pedagogy and practice.

Rhi Sugars

An Autistic early childhood educator with other 15 years in the sector, Rhi is the director of The Atypical Educator Inclusion Support Consultancy. Combining her lived experience with her passion for inclusion and advocacy, Rhi is challenging the early childhood sector's perspective of Autism.

Kirslyn Conlon

With 4 years of dedicated experience in the mental health field, Kirslyn is a compassionate Psychotherapist and Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner. Specialising in paediatric interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD, and person-centered therapy, Kirslyn is committed to neurodiverse affirming practices, ensuring every child feels seen and supported. As a Key Worker in the NDIS space, she excels in helping families create meaningful and achievable goals, therapeutic interventions and assist with neurodiverse children with their families navigating the world and life.
What We Offer

What's included in this online course?

UNLOCK 8 SESSIONS

Our Summer School offers 8 self-paced, enriching sessions designed to nourish, energise, and equip practitioners for an impactful year ahead.

ENJOY AT YOUR OWN PACE

All Summer School sessions will be drip-fed every Monday and Thursday, and are self-serve, allowing you to engage in your own time and an at your own pace.

NOURISHING CONTENT

A carefully curated selection of nourishing content, empowering practitioners with insights, skills, and inspiration to support their well-being and professional growth.

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