Hi Robin, I teach in Tasmania which is an island off the coast of Australia. I teach students aged 5-7 years and also some older students individually. I am happy to correspond with you if you would like to. Alison

Hi Mardell, my name is Alison and I am (what you would call) an elementary teacher in Australia. I have a physical disablity myself and have been teaching for nearly 8 years. I have had students in my classroom with Austism, Fragile X Syndrome, Aspergers, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and other significant learning difficulties. If you think that I

Hi Tara, I was just reading the posts and I am interested to know what an emotional support teacher does. It sounds really interesting. Regards, Alison (B Ed. M.Couns)

Hi, I am interested in your thoughts, views and opinions on the validity, classroom teaching time opportunities, and success rate of using social skills development programs in the early childhood/elementary classroom. I have attempted to implement a program this year with a team teaching partner and we found it very difficult to set aside a specific

Hi, my name is Alison. I am a teacher for children aged 5-7 years old. In Australia we are currently on summer holidays but I would love to correspond with your class until our school year starts in February. I am a different kind of teacher in that I am a little person. I love teaching and all my students call me their 'little teacher'. If

Hi, my name is Alison and I have been teaching between 6-8 years. I currently work in a small school in a very low socio-economic area. There is a lot or poverty, crime, domestic violence and blended families. I am very interested to hear from other teachers who use specific or created programs that teach resiience and social skills to children aged