The upside has been the new digital skills we’ve learnt, enabling us to run our first online course. From January 23 to 25, over 70 teachers joined us online from every state in Australia, as well as New Zealand, Hong Kong and the UK. Kind donations allowed to make this course free for teachers and students, which was greatly appreciated.
Each day featured lectures, as well as guest appearances from parents, KoL teachers, students and people with a disability. The teachers watched Daphne teach and enjoyed live and pre-recorded concerts by the students. There were question and answer sessions each day to allow for the exchange of ideas.
Some of those teachers are now doing further observation of Daphne’s teaching and will eventually join our list of recommended teachers.
Feedback from the course was very positive, including the following statements:
The course was a fantastic mix of information about teaching neuro-divergent students, demonstration of teaching techniques in action, and inspirational videos performances to show how much these students are capable of achieving.
The course gave you more knowledge about the various disabilities and disorders that students face and the effect that learning a musical instrument can have on them.
The student performances (live and recorded) were incredibly inspiring.
The overall structure/layout of each session I found really well set out. Explaining the disability with examples, giving insight, then hearing from Daphne about the best ways to approach it, showing the student in a lesson, then a concert. Amazing!!
I’ve already changed how I work with one child who has all of these (autism, adhd, ocd, and anxiety) and it appears to already be a game changer!
Many thanks to those who attended and those who presented. We look forward to holding another one in the near future.