Knowledge is Useful...
EQ Education was created around a simple idea: the better we understand what’s happening for a young person, the better equipped we are to respond.
We provide practical education for the people supporting young people — helping educators and parents build their understanding of neurodiversity, learning, behaviour, mental health, emotional regulation and wellbeing.
Our focus isn’t just on knowing more. It’s on understanding what that knowledge means in the real world and how it can shape what we do next.
Why EQ?
EQ stands for Emotional Quotient — the ability to understand emotions, recognise what might be happening beneath the surface, and respond in ways that support connection, regulation and growth.
That idea sits at the heart of EQ Education.
We help the people supporting young people to look beyond what they see on the surface, behaviour, disengagement, anxiety, overwhelm or difficulty learning, and better understand what might be driving it.
Because when we understand more, we can respond differently.
Understand them. Support them. Help them thrive.
Who is EQ Education for?
Educators
Teachers, Education Assistants, school leaders, student services teams and others working with young people in educational settings.
Our Professional Learning Workshops explore the things educators encounter every day — with practical information and strategies that can be taken back into the classroom.
Parents
You don’t need to become an expert in everything your child experiences.
But understanding more about how they learn, communicate, regulate, respond and experience the world can make navigating those experiences a little easier.
EQ Education provides accessible education and practical information to help parents understand what’s happening and consider what might help.
MEET THE
team...
Bel
Bel has spent more than 12 years working inside schools, so she understands the realities of student wellbeing from both sides of the conversation. Her experience spans guidance, psychology education and whole-school wellbeing leadership across remote, primary and P–12 settings. She has led student services teams, developed whole-school wellbeing programs, coordinated multi-agency support and worked directly with students, families and educators through some of the more complex parts of school life. Now completing her Master of Professional Psychology, Bel brings together psychology, education and years of practical school experience to create workshops that are useful, relatable and grounded in what actually happens in schools.
Kerri-anne
Kerri-Anne has been working with young people since she was barely older than they were. Over the years, she has worked with students across a huge range of educational levels, personalities and life experiences, and has developed a real talent for connecting with the student in front of her. She believes young people don’t all need the same path. Sometimes they need someone to listen, understand what makes them tick and help them recognise what they’re capable of.
Hannah
Hannah holds a Bachelor of Counselling and loves helping people navigate the ups, downs and messy bits in between. Whether she’s working with a young person trying to make sense of what they’re feeling or an adult carrying far too much on their plate, Hannah brings warmth, calm and a genuinely non-judgemental approach. She has a way of making difficult conversations feel a little easier, and complicated things feel a little more manageable.
Chelsie
Chelsie has a particular passion for neurodiversity, occupational therapy and understanding why the same environment can work brilliantly for one person and be incredibly difficult for another. She loves looking beyond behaviour to understand what might actually be happening underneath, and finding practical ways to change the environment, expectations or approach. Her philosophy is simple: rather than always asking the student to fit the world, sometimes we need to find ways to make the world work for the student.
Meg
Meg holds a Diploma of Counselling and loves the one-on-one conversations that can completely change the way a young person sees a situation, and sometimes themselves. She brings warmth, optimism and a knack for helping students find a way forward when things feel overwhelming. Meg also has another important role at EQ Education: she’s our creative eye. When something looks great, sounds right or feels unmistakably “EQ”, there’s a pretty good chance Meg has had something to do with it.