This site-specific workshop series is designed to strengthen the connections that underpin student engagement, wellbeing, and learning outcomes. Grounded in current evidence and occupational therapy–informed practice, the service supports educators to understand not just what to do, but why connection matters as the foundation for participation and success.

Each program is tailored to the unique needs of the education setting and combines targeted professional learning with ongoing implementation support. Key areas include the role of connection in education, understanding emotional regulation and how to support students experiencing challenges, and the critical influence educators have on childhood attachment and emotional development.

The series also focuses on building strong partnerships with families, equipping educators to support and empower parents in their caregiving role. Practical, evidence-based strategies are embedded throughout, ensuring educators can confidently translate knowledge into everyday practice with post training intervention consultation to support implementation at a service level.

By prioritising connection across educator–child and school–family relationships, this service aims to create environments where all children feel safe, supported, and ready to engage. The result is improved participation, more meaningful engagement in learning, and stronger, more sustainable child outcomes.

Expected outcomes for this program include:

• Strengthened educator practice through deeper understanding of neurodevelopment and relationships
• Recognition of connection as key to learning and wellbeing
• Improved ability to support behaviour regulation
• More responsive, attuned educator–child interactions
• Stronger, higher-quality relationships
• Increased capacity to support diverse needs
• Enhanced student engagement and participation
• Improved educational and developmental outcomes

The program includes a total of 10 hours of structured workshop content, delivered in a flexible format negotiated with each site to meet operational needs. Workshops may be delivered:

• Face-to-face within the Adelaide metropolitan area and/or
• Live online via interactive platforms to support access for Adelaide Hills, regional and remote sites.

Workshop delivery can be scheduled as full-day sessions, shorter modules, or twilight sessions, depending on site preference and staffing considerations.

In addition to the workshop component, the service includes up to 10 hours of post-workshop implementation support. These consultation sessions are provided over an agreed period following workshop delivery and are tailored to the needs of each site. Implementation support may include reflective practice sessions, leadership consultations, strategy refinement, and troubleshooting of site-specific challenges as educators embed the learning into everyday practice. This blended delivery model - combining structured professional learning with sustained, responsive implementation support - ensures that educators are not only equipped with evidence-based knowledge but are also supported to translate learning into meaningful, sustainable practice change within their unique setting.

This program is delivered in full for a program cost of $6250. If sites are outside of the Adelaide Metro Area, but would prefer a site based service rather than online delivery, this is available by negotiation, but will attract additional travel costings which can be quoted upon interest, and will include costings for flights, car hire and/or accommodation.