CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORTS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD & YOUTH & GUIDED PRACTICE FOR EDUCATORS
NDIS Registration Groups;
Capacity Building Supports for Early Childhood, (15_005_0118_1_3)
Innovative Community Participation, (09_008_0166_6_3)
Assessment Recommendation Therapy/Training, (15_056_0128_1_3)
SmarterHappierKids recognises that we live and work on Central Arrernte Land and acknowledges the traditional custodians, paying respect to Elders both past, present and emerging.
We offer support for children, educators, parents & carers in the following ways:
1. Support for Children
-diagnosed with Autism, a developmental delay and/or disability, disengagement from learning-we offer support one on one with your child in the areas of:
Sensory Processing Integration
Strengthening Language Acquisition
Improvement in Verbal and Communication Skills
Enhancement of Engagement in Reading and Writing
Emotional development, understanding & self-regulation
Social Participation & resilience
Promoting Functional Independence and Executive Functioning
Re-engagement with learning
2. Support for parents & carers
We can work one on one with parents & carers, face to face, or online-Skype, Zoom, Health direct etc.
We act as a sounding board for you. We offer guided one on one support in the form of suggestions, strategies and resources to help you.
As a recent NT Advisor for AutismSA, Sally is available to talk to you individually about your child’s diagnosis and direct you to supports which will assist you and your child. They can be conducted over the phone, Health Direct Australia, Zoom or face to face.
Support could include:
What is autism and is it the same for everyone?
Advocating for my child
Behaviour Regulation
Sourcing the most suitable Childcare/Preschool/School for your child
Understanding my child's support needs and strengths
Support and early intervention options
NDIS and Medicare assistance in navigating pathways and making it easier for you
Your Wellbeing
Family Wellbeing
3. Support for Educators working with neuro-diverse children with additional needs
Through Guided Practice Techniques Educators are supported to reach personal and management goals. Based on Positive Education pedagogy and Social and Emotional Learning principles, a mentoring program can be tailored to suit your organisations’ needs including;
Team Professional Development working around neurodiversity and accommodations for children in this space
One on one mentoring with educators in their work space whereby developing capacity in managing neurodiversity in children with additional needs
‘On the ground’ support, ongoing feedback providing opportunities for your team to make a significant positive impact in their practice
We can work both on-line through Teleconferencing and face to face. In some cases we can travel to you. We can create a package that works for you and your situation. Our goal is to build capacity in children, parents & carers and educators. We base our work on the Australian Early Years Learning Framework of ‘Being, Belonging & Becoming.’
Sally Anderson
Contact: sallyhutchison@gmail.com
Celebrating Achievement and Strengthening Participation
Sally is a NDIS Certified Consultant in Early Childhood Early Intervention and Assessment Recommendation Therapy/Training. She is a Registered Teacher in NT & SA.
Sally has been involved in Education, as a Teacher, Consultant, Mentor, Advisor and a Leader for over 40 years in both Mainstream and Independent Schools. It has always been her practice to gain experience in many different teaching and learning environments. Sally has worked in Early Childhood Intervention, Primary and Middle Years, Music Education, Special Education, Steiner Education and Distance Education. Sally was co-founding teacher/principal of an independent school in Alice Springs. Her vast and extensive experience and research in education and beyond, has given her the knowledge and the skill-set for her to be in current roles of Presenter, Facilitator, Teacher, Advisor, Consultant and Mentor. Sally is currently studying to become an NDIS provider of Behaviour Support (Registration group 118).
Meet Sally, Principal and Director of Smarter Happier Kids
Sally has always been a passionate learner about how children learn. All children have strengths and challenges and all have a different way of learning. For those children who do learn differently from mainstream, it is critical we adopt a strength-based approach and build on their strengths and passions for further learning. Sally has found over the years, in a multitude of different teaching and learning environments, that a multi-sensory and musical approach is highly effective for quality engagement. This style of teaching and learning is based on connecting through The Heart, The Hands and The Head-the whole child.
This holistic approach, whereby engaging and educating the ‘whole’ child, is proving to be increasingly effective with both neuro-typical and atypical children.
Using Early Intervention Therapeutic practices, Sally’s approach is based on strengths and needs of the individual child to promote functional independence and social participation. Sally successfully uses music in her practice to engage the learner in a fun and creative way. Through studies in neuro-science, music is proven to help improve cognitive function, social communication skills, motor skills, emotional development and overall quality of life. Sally works alongside parents/carers and other therapists in the planning and implementation of a program to assist in reaching their child’s goals, using early childhood best practice and evidence based interventions.