Neuroaffirming Education

It has been 5 years since my daughter commenced Prep at her local primary school. It was an exciting time for our family, an important milestone that we expected to be relatively smooth for our bright and engaged child. In less than 6 months it was as if we had a different child, while there were no issues or concerns raised by school, at home we were witnessing increasing distress […]

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Victoria Needs Educational Reform

I recently collaborated with other members of Square Peg Round Whole (SPRW) to write a substantial submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the State Education System in Victoria. This inquiry looked at trends in student learning outcomes, disparities associated with geography and socio-economic disadvantage; the state of the teaching profession, and student well being, including measures to address poor mental health, school refusal and student disengagement. In writing this submission […]

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