Dr. Louise Porter,PhD, MA(Hons), MGiftedEd, DipEd, BA, BIntStuds

Child Psychologist

Dr. Louise Porter is a child psychologist with over 30 years’ experience in private practice in Australia and in Asia, consulting with parents and practitioners about children‘s developmental and social or emotional challenges. She worked for ten years in disability and mainstream settings and lectured at university in South Australia for 13 years in early childhood, special and gifted education, and behaviour management.

Patron of the Hong Kong Gifted Children’s Association, she is a sought-after speaker nationally and internationally and has published widely, with her books including: Young children’s behaviour, Student bevaviour, Gifted young children, Teacher-parent collaboration, and a parenting course: A Guidance Approach to Discipline.

Tuesday 29 September (from 6:30- 9:30 pm)

Empowering children as learners

Whether on any given occasion or by any particular age children achieve a specific skill is less important than whether they come away from a learning experience with enhanced self-efficacy (the belief that they can learn); with a bolstered self-esteem about their competence; with the conviction that they can direct their own learning (autonomy); and with the tools to regulate their physical state, their thinking (including attention and task attack skills), their emotions and their impulses or actions.

This seminar will describe these four aspects - self-efficacy, self-esteem, autonomy and self-regulation - and details how parents and teachers can promote them in children, so that the children remain engaged in learning throughout their lives. When they are empowered learners who have positive attitudes to learning and to themselves as learners, they will be well equipped for educational success.

Monday 5 October (from 6:30- 9:30 pm)

Social skills, social problems, and bullying

***Important note: if you need a slot in the carpark, please email to doris@ekalli.com and margaret@ekalli.com 3 days prior the event for arrangement.

Ticketing:
http://drlouiseporterhk2015.eventbrite.hk

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Website:
http://www.louiseporter.com.au/

Enquiries:

margaret@ekalli.com / doris@ekalli.com / yasmin@ekalli.com