Wānanga / Workshops

A range of communication and language workshops available upon request for whole early education services, kōhanga, kura, kaiako, practitioners and whānau.

Kara Whata- Maynard is a psychologist who specialises in UBRS (Understanding Behaviour and Responding Safely), FASD and a range of other professional development opportunities for kaiako and whānau.

Programmes for both the parents and teachers of children aged 3-8. They help reduce challenging behaviour and increase children’s social and self-control skills.

April 2024 - Email to register interest

Business.supportHBT@education.govt.nz 

Free online modules to help with understanding the underlying characteristics of Autism and effective practices that support their needs

Way to Play has been specifically designed for people directly involved with a young child with autism. Adults are often left bewildered when trying to play with the child. The course offers some simple, easy to use, practical strategies to begin playing joyously together. 

Taonga Takiwātanga Charitable Trust was established in 2020 to address the unmet needs of whānau Māori seeking authentic Kaupapa Māori support for their Taonga Takiwātanga (whānau member on the Autism spectrum). The core business of Taonga Takiwātanga Charitable Trust is to deliver professional development and support to whānau living in high populated Māori communities. 

An Indigenous healing journey, the road to healing can be long and winding with many emotional obstacles to overcome.
Tūporeariki is a space where your stories connect us to the two ancestral cloaks of Rongomātāne, atua of healing.

We work with organisations who want to adopt Mahi a Atua as their framework. We provide consultation, leadership, wānanga, training and workshops that prioritise affirmation of whakapapa, changing systems to improve outcomes, the need to understand how institutional racism impacts the inequity for Māori, exploring concepts inhibiting societal progress; individuality, meritocracy, a-history and becoming a Mataora (change agent)

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