{"id":28,"date":"2023-05-05T11:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T11:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-02-17T16:09:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T16:09:50","slug":"education-and-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/education-and-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Education and Training"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr Dorothy Armstrong delivers education and training to different organisations and groups.  Here is a sample of the types of public lectures and education delivered in 2024: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Talk\/Training<\/td>Titles\/Topics<\/strong><\/td>Funder<\/td><\/tr>
Course – 5 sessions (3 hours long) <\/td>Education programs on Neurodiversity for Professionals<\/td>Kildare CYPSC and Sl\u00e1intecare Healthy Communities Program <\/td><\/tr>
Webinar<\/td>\u201cHelping teenagers with ADHD who struggle with Organisation, Time-Management, Decision Making, Working Memory and Managing feelings (Executive Function).\u201d<\/td>ADHD Ireland<\/td><\/tr>
Developmental Coordination Disorder \/ Dyspraxia: Capturing the complexity\u2019 \u2013 Series of six in-person seminars<\/td>\u2022 DCD – Capturing the complexity (what exactly is it?) and helping children set goals for independence.
\u2022 Helping children achieve their goals \u2013 Part 1.
\u2022 Helping children achieve their goals \u2013 Part 2.
\u2022 Help for handwriting.
\u2022 Helping children who need to move from handwriting to assistive technology.
\u2022 Strategies for young adults and adults and the myth that Developmental Coordination Disorder \/ Dyspraxia is only there in childhood.<\/td>		Toys, Technology and Training Programme, Kildare County Council<\/td><\/tr>
Dyspraxia Ireland Conference Presentation<\/td>\u2018Reasonable Accommodations to Certificate Exams (RACE)\u2019<\/td>Dyspraxia (DCD) Ireland National Conference 2023    <\/td><\/tr>
\u2018<\/strong>Fostering Neurodivergent Children\u2019 \u2013 Series of Four Webinars<\/strong><\/td>\u2022 Understanding Sensory Processing Challenges in your foster child.  \u2022 Self-Regulation \u2013 Helping the Neurodivergent child to feel grounded.
\u2022 Managing Meltdowns and Helping Neurodiverse Children and Teenagers understand and manage emotions.
\u2022 Solving Problems Together and building problem solving skills.<\/td>		T\u00daSLA<\/td><\/tr>
In-Person Seminar for parent advocacy group \u2013 North Dublin<\/td>Autism and Girls<\/td>Parent Autism Network<\/td><\/tr>
Webinar for Professionals working in Kildare Children & Young People\u2019s Services<\/td>\u2018Neurodiversity and Inclusion\u2019<\/td>Kildare Children & Young People\u2019s Services Committee<\/td><\/tr>
In-Person Talks and a webinar for Early Years Providers and Parents of Preschool Children<\/td>\u2022 Difficulty processing sensory information during early childhood \u2013 Feeling overwhelmed, overloaded and misunderstood.
\u2022 Children who find it Difficult to concentrate and stay calm \u2013 Helping the child who struggles with getting their energy in the right place to participate fully in play and other learning activities.<\/td>		South Dublin Childcare Committee
Similiar program was also funded by Fingal Childcare Committee <\/td><\/tr>
Preschool Teacher\u2019s Training in Autism \u2013 Series of Three Webinars<\/td>\u2022 Understanding Autism in relation to the preschool setting \u2013 Capturing the Complexity.
\u2022 Self-Regulation \u2013 Supporting the autistic preschool child to manage\/understand their own behaviour and reactions (self-regulation). Making changes in the environment to support them to engage with the preschool activities.
\u2022 Managing and understanding an autism melt-down and using social stories in the preschool setting to help with socialising and learning social skills.<\/td>		Extern Ireland, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim<\/td><\/tr>
In-Service Training Session \u2013 Webinar<\/td>Self-regulation in the school setting for Neurodivergent students.<\/td>Claregalway Educate Together National School, Co. Galway<\/td><\/tr>
In-Service Training Session \u2013 in person.<\/td>Self-regulation in the school setting for Neurodivergent students.
Handwriting and Assistive Technology.<\/td>		Salesians College, Celbridge, Co. Kildare<\/td><\/tr>
Series of Four Webinars to parents and teachers<\/td>\u2022 Helping Neurodiverse Children manage anxiety.
\u2022 Helping Neurodiverse children who struggle with Organisation, Time Management, Decision Making, working Memory (Executive function).
\u2022 Helping children and teenagers with ADHD make smart choices and become good problem solvers.
\u2022 Mindfulness, and relaxation for Neurodiverse Children and Teenagers.<\/td>		Wexford Education Support Centre<\/td><\/tr>
Postgraduate Course in Neurodiversity \u2013 Webinar<\/td>Occupational Therapy, Sensory Processing and the Neurodiverse Person.<\/td>University College Dublin<\/td><\/tr>
Series of six in-person seminars<\/strong><\/td>ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Understanding sensory processing issues and helping children and teenagers to manage them. 
ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Understanding the role of executive functioning (planning, organising, starting tasks and persevering etc.)
ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Changing \u2018challenging behaviours\u2019 into problems to be solved. 
ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Capturing the child\u2019s perspective \u2013 how to listen and respond so they\u2019ll talk. 
ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Working with the child to devise plans to help them manage when it\u2019s hard to meet adult expectations. 
ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Building problem solving skills and self-esteem. <\/td>		Toys, Technology and Training Programme, Kildare County Council<\/td><\/tr>
Series of Workshops for Dyspraxia\/DCD Ireland \u2013 Both online and in person<\/td>
Understanding and supporting your child\/teenager with Dyspraxia\/DCD. A selection of workshops on relevant topics were run across the year – 36 talks

<\/td>		National Lottery Fund<\/td><\/tr>
Two Webinars CPD for those working in primary and secondary schools. <\/td>Helping students with Developmental Coordination Disorder (Dyspraxia) meet their potential
ADD\/ADHD \u2013 Help with Self-Regulation<\/td>		Dublin West Education Centre<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr Dorothy Armstrong delivers education and training to different organisations and groups.  Here is a sample of the types of public lectures and education delivered in 2024:  Talk\/Training Titles\/Topics Funder Course – 5 sessions (3 hours long) Education programs on Neurodiversity for Professionals Kildare CYPSC and Sl\u00e1intecare Healthy Communities Program Webinar \u201cHelping teenagers with ADHD […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190,"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothyarmstrongconsultantot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}