Educational Consulting & Aboriginal Health Projects
Blue Sky Children's Services
There is a growing awareness that a child's educational context has an impact on their present and future health. Our School Health Consulting Program works towards health promotion in Australian schools as well as in remote NT Aboriginal communities .
Since 2003 we have been working with school communities in Australia, NZ , India and USA , as well as creches in remote Indigenous communities. Michael worked in an Australian federal government project helping Aboriginal children with disabilities find inclusion into schools in 2002-6.
Michael specialises in the use of rhythm and movement in the curriculum and has developed a workshop on this theme for the Waldorf school faculty. The aim is to support the teacher's rhythmic competence to deliver the morning circle every day.
Lakshmi and Michael work collaboratively with the students, teachers and parents of a school during an intensive 3 - 5 day period of observation and engagement. Students with learning disabilities are supported in a family centred, strengths based approach. We look to the environment rather than the child for the origins of issues which may be related to diet, allergies, parenting, sleep, or other medical or social determinants of health. We offer parent education as well as consultations with teaching staff and families to address the specific issues which come to light through this engagement process. Advice is offered to parents and children to address the underlying causes of the symptoms which may be presenting in the classroom.
Since 2003 we have been working with school communities in Australia, NZ , India and USA , as well as creches in remote Indigenous communities. Michael worked in an Australian federal government project helping Aboriginal children with disabilities find inclusion into schools in 2002-6.
Michael specialises in the use of rhythm and movement in the curriculum and has developed a workshop on this theme for the Waldorf school faculty. The aim is to support the teacher's rhythmic competence to deliver the morning circle every day.
Lakshmi and Michael work collaboratively with the students, teachers and parents of a school during an intensive 3 - 5 day period of observation and engagement. Students with learning disabilities are supported in a family centred, strengths based approach. We look to the environment rather than the child for the origins of issues which may be related to diet, allergies, parenting, sleep, or other medical or social determinants of health. We offer parent education as well as consultations with teaching staff and families to address the specific issues which come to light through this engagement process. Advice is offered to parents and children to address the underlying causes of the symptoms which may be presenting in the classroom.
Workshop for Teachers : Working with Rhythm and Movement in the Curriculum |
Steiner Inspired Creche Workshops in Aboriginal Communities , NT
We have provided a series of two week intensive workshops on child development and age appropriate curriculum activities to remote creches at Beswick, Jilkminggan and Manyallaluk Aboriginal communities - commenced in March 2015. |
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