2 Day ONLINE Facilitators’ Workshop

This foundation workshop is for those who have not yet undergone facilitators training for the Imagine Create Belong (ICB) Social Development Programme for Adolescents. This workshop would be valuable for those working with tweens/teens who are neurodivergent and/or would like to develop socially. Professionals who often attend our workshops include social workers, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists, teachers, members of school wellbeing teams, youth mental health nurses and play therapists.

WORKSHOP PRESENTERS

“We operate from a strengths-perspective, drawing on theorists such as Vygotsky and Rogers, enlisting a person-centred approach involving unconditional positive regard.”

Associate Professor Sophie Goldingay

B.A, PG Dip SW, GCHE, PhD

Sophie Goldingay is an Associate Professor at Deakin University and the lead author of the Imagine Create Belong programme, the website www.imaginecreatebelong.com and the ‘Storying Beyond Social Difficulties’ training manual. Sophie is an experienced trainer of ICB facilitators and has facilitated ICB groups with young people in schools. Sophie’s expertise is in identity, well-being, and inclusion, especially for neurodivergent adolescents. She won the Vice Chancellor’s award for ‘Excellent Contributions to Equity and Access’ in 2012 and the Deakin University Vice Chancellor’s Award for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Education and Employability’ in 2022.  She is also the recipient of three teaching awards and is a TedX speaker. See The transformative power of play and connection | A/Prof Sophie Goldingay | TEDxMalop St – YouTube

Jesse Ivelja (They/Them)

BForensicSc/BCrim, MSW, GCHELT

Jesse Ivelja is a Lecturer in Social Work at the National Indigenous Knowledges Education Research and Innovation (NIKERI) Institute at Deakin University. Jesse has worked as a mentor for Neurodivergent young people and has a passion for social and emotional well-being and inclusion. Since 2020 Jesse has been a principal researcher with the Imagine Create Belong programme and is a celebrated group facilitator and teacher of neurodivergent adolescents.

For further information on this workshop and additional dates, see out Imagine, Create, Belong worksop page.