Celebration of Diversity – Theories and Practices (I)
Proactive and Reactive Strategies: Managing Students’ Behaviours Speaker: Mrs Kit Chan, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, HKU
Date and Time: 15 May 2014 (Thu) 4:30 pm – 6:20 pm
Venue: Room 408, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Are you expected to manage difficult, disturbed and sometimes dangerous behaviours?
Do you want to reduce risk and help create a safer environment for students/clients, staff and parents?

This workshop includes two parts.
Part I : introducing the proactive strategies of building positive behavior where useful strategies and experiences will be shared.
Part II: talking about the reactive strategies when behaviours need to be dealt with immediate responses including the introduction of the Team-Teach approach and demonstration of some physical techniques.

Background information
Team-Teach training is a series of positive handling strategies (including physical restraint) to support those who display challenging behaviour, through a whole setting holistic approach, working with leadership and management, actively committed to reducing restraint and risk. Team-Teach is widely used in the UK, Australia, it has been adopted in New Zealand, Jamaica and by the English Schools Foundation schools in HK because of its effectiveness in meeting the specific needs of a wide range of disabilities as well as for those displaying behavioural and/or emotional difficulties. The techniques have been used in a wide variety of school and adult settings.
Participants will be introduced the Team-Teach concept of using the least intrusive positive handling strategy and a continuum of gradual and graded techniques including some physical techniques. Ms Kit Chan will also share her successful experience of adopting the Team –Teach in a special school setting in HK.

Mrs. Kit Chan is a professional with about 30 years of experience in special education. She began her career as a special education teacher for students with different learning needs, both primary and secondary. She has been the Vice Principal of Jockey Club Sarah Roe School, part of the English Schools Foundation for years prior to the position of lecturer at the HK University. In addition she has been a local advisor for ten special schools to support their assessment and curriculum development. Throughout her career she leads workshops training professionals in both mainstream and special schools especially in the areas of autism and behavior management. She has been one of the main Team-Teach trainers for the English Schools Foundation and has led many Foundation Courses for schools.