Understanding and Supporting Adult Learners with ADHDA VALBEC (Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Educational Council) Professional Learning session presented by Jane Barbieri. ADHD can present unique challenges for adult learners, particularly in areas like organisation, time management, attention, and emotional regulation. These challenges often impact engagement, participation, and persistence in learning—yet with the right strategies and support, students with ADHD can thrive. In this practical session, ADHD coach and educator Jane Barbieri will offer an overview of how ADHD may show up in adult learners and share simple, effective strategies teachers can use to better support them. The session will focus on understanding common barriers, fostering inclusive learning environments, and providing structure and flexibility to enable success. Whether you’re new to this topic or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will offer clear, actionable insights relevant to the adult learning context.
Jane brings a practical, compassionate, and strengths-based approach to supporting neurodivergent individuals and the educators who work with them. We look forward to seeing you there. VALBEC PL Forums Team Who: Jane Barbieri 2025 Conference
Explore the role of literacy in empowering adults, fostering inclusion, and increasing wellbeing in a range of contexts – personal, community, study and work. Explore the website and consider submitting an application to present: https://acal.edu.au/wp/25conf-home/ We are looking forward to seeing you there! | eValbeceVALBEC is our e-newsletter and our main source of communicating news and information. It is distributed to more than 1,000 practitioners – members and non-members. Subscribe below. Read the latest newsletter here. |
ACAL and VALBEC have joined forces to bring you Inclusion, Empowerment, Employment: Literacies for a dynamic future, our 2025 conference to be held on September 4 and 5.valbecVALBEC is a not for profit, volunteer managed, professional organisation that has represented the adult literacy, numeracy and basic education fields in Victoria for nearly 40 years. |  |
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Funnetics: Putting the /fʌn/ back into phonetics!Facilitator: Catherine Bunard Funnetics aims to demystify phonetics for teachers who need a little encouragement using pronunciation activities with students. This is followed by 'Funnetic' participation in breakout rooms where teachers try out Catherine’s pronunciation activities. Whatever you thought of phonetics before, this webinar is going to be PHON! Professional development application formVALBEC are able to offer reimbursement of conference or professional development expenses. Click below to download the application form. | Webinar – Meet the MakersFacilitated by: The VALBEC Professional Learning Team Join Clare Harris, Bernard Miles and Lauren Piovesan; three independent Australian publishers, writers and designers of adult learning resources, talking about their resources and the stories behind writing them. More detailseValbeceVALBEC is our e-newsletter and our main source of communicating news and views. It is distributed to more than 1,000 practitioners – members and non-members. Subscribe below. Read the latest newsletter here. |
Fine Print JournalThis print journal is produced three times a year and posted to members and subscribers. You can access the latest copies of Fine Print here. You can access the Fine Print archive here. |
Making ConnectionsMaking Connections: A selection of writings 1983 - 2019 is a collection of writings by Delia Bradshaw, an adult educator, writer, advocate and life member of VALBEC. Download here. |
