Law for School Counsellors, Psychologists and Guidance Officers
Issues covered include: family law conflicts, duty of care, bullying, supporting transgender and gender diverse students
Description
Are you feeling anxious about the professional obligations and legal responsibilities you must adhere to when supporting your school’s students remotely? This webcast offers you the opportunity to cement your understanding of some key legal issues that you confront daily while supporting student wellbeing.
This webinar is led by legal experts in school law and is designed to help clarify the legal framework in which school counsellors, psychologists, chaplains, and leaders responsible for the student welfare function.
- There will be the ability to ask questions at the conclusion of each session via the online question portal.
- As well as online attendance, all delegates will receive recordings of each of the sessions after the webcast that can be viewed again at any time or shared with other colleagues.
- One registration will allow for multiple people from your school to attend the webcast.
For Psychologist:
Attend and earn 3 CPD points
For Teachers:
Attend and earn 3 CPD points (QLD, WA, SA)
Attending this conference will contribute 3 hours of CPD addressing the standards as listed from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining teacher registration
7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements: understand the implications of, and comply with, relevant legislative, administrative, organisational and professional requirements, policies and processes.
Attend and earn 3 Professional Development Hours (NSW)
Completing this conference will contribute 3 hours of NSW Education Standards Authority PD addressing 6.2.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW
Attend and earn 3 hours of PD (VIC)
Attending this conference will contribute 3 hours of PD addressing the standards as listed from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining
Proficient Teacher registration in Victoria.
7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative and organisational requirements: understand the implications of, and comply with, relevant legislative, administrative, organisational and professional requirements, policies and processes.
For Lawyers:
Attend and earn 3 CPD units in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Chair: Candice Green, School Psychologist, St Mary’s Cathedral College
10.00am to 10.10am: Opening Comments by the Chair: Adapting to a Changing Landscape for Student Wellbeing
10.10am to 11.10am: Family Law Conflicts: Critical Issues for School Counsellors
- Understanding parent rights to information where there are no court orders
- Processes and strategies to provide effective management of Parenting Orders
- Family violence & Apprehended Domestic Violence Orders
- Dealing with requests for referrals and reports & navigating pitfalls
- Dealing with subpoenas
Presented by Alicia Elliott, Director, Holmes Donnelly & Co Solicitors and Melanie Stern, Managing Associate, Stern Law Solicitors
11.10am to 11.15am: Break
11.20am to 12.20pm: Your Duty of Care When Supporting a Child Who is Being Bullied
- Parameters of your duty of care
- When other students are involved
- Who you can tell, and when
- Who you must tell, and when
- School’s liability for student bullying
Presented by Cecilia Irvine-So, Practice Leader, Moores
12.20pm to 12.25pm: Break
12.25pm to 1.25pm: Legal Issues Related to Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Students at School
- Legal rights and protections for transgender and gender diverse students
- Differences between Victorian and federal legislation when dealing with discrimination on the basis of gender identity
- Do legal rights and protections differ for state, independent and religious schools?
- Developing supportive policies (e.g. name & pronoun, uniforms, bathrooms, camps, sport, responding to bullying, teacher education, informing other students, including content in classes)
- Practical matters to consider when supporting a transgender or gender diverse student
Presented by Gemma Hallett, Employment Lawyer, Hall and Wilcox, Chair of the Board, Minus 18
NEW: One purchase, multiple viewings!
With just one purchase multiple people from your school will be able to watch the seminar. Just pay once and send us the details of everyone in your school who wants to watch and we’ll register all of them. In addition, all delegates will receive a video recording of each session that can be viewed again at any time for up to 30 days or shared with colleagues within your school
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