Free Virtual Webinar Series

Building Inclusive Classrooms:

Embracing Diversity and Connection

Friday, January 17th, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm ET

About this Session

Join us for a free, transformative webinar exploring what true inclusion looks like in educational settings. We’ll dive into its multi-dimensional meaning, examining it from the perspectives of teachers, students, parents, and professionals. This session goes beyond the basics, showing that inclusion is more than just being part of a group—it’s about fostering acceptance, connection, and empowerment for all learners, regardless of race, gender, or ability.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

Explore inclusion from various perspectives and contexts
Turn challenges into opportunities for deeper inclusion
Shift your mindset to create classrooms where every student feels valued
Discover sensory culture and how it benefits all learners

"Insightful and engaging! This series
helped me better
support and understand
diverse learners."

Our Speakers

Julie Nadeau

Julie is an experienced occupational therapist and certified teacher with over 20 years of expertise in promoting inclusion for diverse student populations. With a background in school support services and capacity building, she brings unique insights shaped by her neurodiversity, Indigenous heritage, and experience as a parent of an autistic daughter. Julie’s passion for inclusion, combined with her roles as a therapist, teacher, and advocate, makes her a powerful voice in driving meaningful change in education.

Bruce Nadeau

A dad of two girls, Bruce has navigated a diverse learning journey shaped by personal challenges. From facing barriers in elementary school with ADHD to dealing with long-term mobility issues after a car/bike accident, his path led him through post-secondary education, the medical field, and teaching. Now working in human resources and managing a surgery clinic, he brings valuable insights into mental health, sexual orientation, and physical barriers, offering a unique perspective on inclusion and diversity.

Coast Mountain School District

“Thank you for providing us with useful information to help me improve my teaching practices in the classroom and school. You have inspired me to be a better teacher.”

Sonderly User

“Explained so well with details and videos really helped us to see how to set up our classroom for our learning diversity students thank you"

School board staff in Ontario

“The engaging presentation style and the practical examples made the content accessible and relevant to our work. We appreciate the comprehensive and informative session.”

Special Educator, Ontario

Rebecca presented "Thanks For Asking!" Using Communication Temptations with Autistic Students to Increase Spontaneous Interactions was an incredibly informative presentation", the Best presentation I have attended at CEC Ontario in the last several years.

Special Education Coordinator, Quebec

"Our teachers have found the ADHD course extremely helpful. They made amendments to the physical layout of their classroom based on this training. They've also had a chance to apply this new learning to some of our students and have made some plans for accommodations beginning the first day."