The emotional rollercoaster of teen life

How well are boarding staff equipped to support boarding students? The questions you should ask any school you’re considering what will help you decide if your expectations align.
  • How well are our boarding staff equipped to support boarding students?
  • What your child isn’t telling you…. Yes there’s two sides to every story.
  • Tips for communal living and coping with stressful interactions.
  • How to parent from afar in challenging times.
  • The tools that staff have in their training to support their cohorts of boarders.
  • Do we trust our schools to do ‘their job’?
  • Do we support the schools to do ‘their job’?
  • Are we going to define ‘their job’ … is it fair to expect a school to essentially co-parent?

Let’s chat about the questions you should ask any school you’re considering what will help you decide ultimately if your expectations align.

Panellists:

  • Tom Dunsmore, Former General Manager, Australian Boarding Schools Association
  • Dr Lisa Fahey OAM, Founder & Clinical Director, Quovus
  • Kate Kovacs, Director of Boarding, Loreto Normanhurst NSW
  • Ruby Riethmuller, Founder & Director of Womn-Kind
  • Amanda Ferrari, Australian Boarding Schools Expo, Facilitator

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