Professional Development for Teachers
Four Ways:  to support behaviour and self-regulation

We specialise in teacher training that providing a flexible and consistent approach to effectively manage difficult and disruptive behaviour, that also improves self-regulation and emotional well-being in students (and teachers).

Primary & Secondary Schools:

Learn about how your school can PARTNER WITH US for a school- wide approach in Four Ways - 12months at a time.

Four Ways to support behaviour and self regulation, written by Brad Williams, is built on a referenced evidence base of Australian and international research in self-regulation, emotion coaching, classroom management and school-wide behaviour support, the benefits and outcomes are many, including:

  • For students: clear and consistent boundaries; connection and co-regulation; predictable adult responses; more time spent learning; growth in self-regulation; social and life skills; resilience.
  • For staff: practical (in the moment) responses; less stress and energy spent on behaviour; more time teaching; shared language; teamwork; familiarity and confidence in school processes.
  • For families: education in Four Ways; parenting skills; trust and transparency in how behaviour is supported; shared language.
  • Better relationships for all

We will equip one or all of your teachers with practical responses that help children build and improve self-control and emotional regulation so they can respond more flexibly and calmly in the educational setting. At the same time, we support staff wellbeing by providing strategies that build confidence, reduce stress, and improve classroom outcomes.

If your school is looking for a consistent school-wide approach to classroom behaviour guidance, then our teacher professional development starts with the content delivery and is embedded via our support package and other inclusions.

Behaviour Tonics facilitate professional development in classroom behaviour management for teachers, teacher assistants, & primary & secondary schools in WA and NT.

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Here are a few of our training options:

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Four Ways Primary (K-6) and Secondary (7-12)
Behaviour Management Professional Development for Teachers and Education Assistants

Suitable for individual use as stand alone approach

This professional training day (7h) provides teachers and education assistants (teacher aides/assistants) with the knowledge and practical skills to respond more calmly and effectively to students' difficult behaviour and emotional upsets as they happen in the classroom and playground.  Over time, teacher responses will improve student self-regulation and self-control.

Leave with practical methods and resources to start the next day!

This practical and interactive training equips educators with the knowledge, practical skills and resources to respond consistently and effectively to problematic behaviour while improving self-regulation, relationships and guiding positive behaviour.

  • A great toolkit for anyone working with children.
  • Supports neurodiverse children including those with ADHD, Autism and Anxiety and trauma.
  • Can be seamlessly implemented using the resources provided.
  • Grounded in evidence and research.

Looking for all teachers and teaching assistants to complete the professional learning and apply Four Ways as a school-wide apporach? Read the partner with us section below...

Teacher Training Rates and Group Discounts for Public Courses:

Discounts also available for student teachers (POA - contact us)

*Discounts are available for group bookings made on a single invoice.

Teacher Training Options:

We provide in-person and webinar training options open to all primary and secondary school staff including education assistants. We also love to travel and offer courses around WA and the NT in metro, rural and remote areas.

NOTE: All webinars of our behaviour training for teachers will be recorded and made available to registrants only. If you do not attend the live event, then our LMS platform will track your viewing progress. Certificates will only be sent to those who have completed the course. Recordings will be paused at the end for confidentiality of Q&A time.

Face to Face: 1x 7hr

Webinar: 3x 90min or 2x 2.5hr

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Four Ways can also be implemented as a school-wide approach, where we deliver this behaviour management training to all relevant staff members in unison. If this what you are looking for, please read the “Partnner with us” information below.

Partner with us for a school-wide approach in Four Ways

Book Brad Williams to provide you with an overview and discuss your school's needs.

PARTNER WITH US FOR A SCHOOL WIDE APPROACH - 12 months at a time.

12 Month Partnership includes
a full year of professional learning, coaching and capacity building in your school — with equal focus on positive outcomes for staff, students, families.

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"This is a proven school-wide approach to positive behaviour management which begins with the initial content delivery or training and is supported in its effectiveness via our guided practice model which involves onsite coaching, capacity building and consultancy where needed. We also educate your families".

What do our Partnership Packages look like?

Four Ways is a simple and highly beneficial behaviour management training program for teachers, education assistants, and school leaders.

Four Ways gives primary schools the knowledge, practical skills, resources and support to implement a consistent approach to behaviour support. It begins with a one-day course teaching four responses that guide behaviour and support emotional regulation in the moment, while building self-regulation and executive functioning over time. Coaching, consultancy and capacity building follow, developing a group of in-house champions who sustain the approach across the school.

Four Ways is built on a referenced evidence base of Australian and international research in self-regulation, emotion coaching, classroom management and school-wide behaviour support.

The Partnership Package inclusions:

Gain a comprehensive understanding through our Four Ways School-Wide Partnership Overview (PDF)

View the list of Four Ways Resources that comes with a Four Ways Partnership

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Outcomes of the Four Ways Professional Development for Schools

Four Ways is a simple and highly beneficial behaviour management training program for teachers, education assistants, and school leaders.

The benefits and outcomes are many, including:

  • For students: clear and consistent boundaries; connection and co-regulation; predictable adult responses; more time spent learning; growth in self-regulation; social and life skills; resilience.
  • For staff: practical (in the moment) responses; less stress and energy spent on behaviour; more time teaching; shared language; teamwork; familiarity and confidence in school processes.
  • For families: education in Four Ways; parenting skills; trust and transparency in how behaviour is supported; shared language.
  • Better relationships for all


Accessing our school-wide Partnership Packages in WA & NT:

Like most, we have a preference to provide teacher professional development face-to-face and will travel to you. However, if completing teacher PD online is beneficial or more convenient, we can provide a live webinar training package tailored to your needs.

All online professional development for teachers will be recorded and made available to registrants only. If you do not attend the live event, then our LMS platform will track your viewing progress. Certificates will only be sent to those who have completed the course. Recordings will be paused at the end for confidentiality of Q&A time.

Face to Face: 1x 7hr
Webinar: 3x 90min or 2x 2.5hr

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Four Ways aligns with the AITSL Professional Standards for Teachers in Western Australia and Nationally

The Four Ways training relates to the following AITSL professional teaching standards:

Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn
Standard 3 - Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
Standard 4 – Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning
Standard 7 - Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community


Graduate and Proficient Teachers – The Four Ways PL will comprehensively address the needs of teachers at a graduate and proficient levels in the above standards.
Highly Accomplished Teachers – The Four Ways PL will also enable these teachers to refine their repertoire of behaviour support skills and apply their learnings to strategically model the Four Ways approach thereby establishing a culture of positive and inclusive learning strategies that promote self-regulation, self-awareness, problem solving, and critical thinking in their classrooms and amongst their peers.
Lead Teachers – The Four Ways PL will also enhance the capacity of Lead teachers to influence the practice of others, by modelling and coaching to embed a Four Ways culture at a team and/or whole school level, and the broader school community.

We have published a document that specifically maps the Four Ways professional learning program and its classroom resources against the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL). This document is intended to help teachers, school leaders and accreditation bodies see how participation in Four Ways Professional Learning and its implementation contributes to evidence against the relevant standards.

Gain a comprehensive understanding of how Four Ways aligns with the AITSL Teacher Standards / TRBWA (PDF)

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Four Ways School-Wide Partnership OverviewView how the Four Ways PD aligns with the AITSL Teaching StandardsView the Four Ways School-Wide Approach RESOURCES Overview
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Short Courses and Workshops

Emotion Coaching Students

Learn the why and how when it comes to emotion coaching and co-regulation. This evidence-based approach helps students to identify, track and manage theiremotions, leading to improved emotional intelligence and self-control.

What You’ll Learn:

    • The connection between emotions and behaviour
    • The importance of listening and not fixing
    • Building relationships & trust by connecting
    • How to tolerate your own discomfort at times of upset
    • How to Emotion Coach - the timing and techniques needed

Duration: 90m - 2h

Format: In-Person or Live Webinar

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Supporting Anxious Students

Discover practical, targeted strategies for supporting anxiety in students. Move beyond the “anxiety” label to understand what’s really happening. This training equips participants with the knowledge and skills to recognise where anxiety originates in the brain and use that understanding to select the most effective support strategies.

What You’ll Learn:

    • Recognise the signs and symptoms of anxiety.
    • Understand where anxiety originates in the brain and how this impacts intervention choices.
    • Learn practical strategies to support students experiencing anxiety.
    • Foster resilience, confidence and coping skills in students.

Duration: 90m - 2h

Format: In-Person or Live Webinar

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1-2-3 Magic & Emotion Coaching

Available on Request

Learn practical skills to respond calmly and effectively to student’s difficult behaviour and emotional upsets as they happen in the classroom and playground.  Over time, teacher responses will improve student self-regulation and self-control.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

  • One-day professional learning with experts who have extensive knowledge and practical experience working with this program.
  • Knowledge and procedures to introduce and implement 1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching in a single classroom or across a whole school.
  • A training manual containing course notes and lesson plans.
  • Resources to assist with introducing & implementing the program.
  • A ‘Certificate of Completion’ stating PD hours for TRB (7hrs).
  • E-mail and phone support is available for 6 months after the initial training.
  • FREE Follow Q&A Refresher Webinar every term.

This training can be presented over 1x full day, 2x half days or 3x 90min sessions. In person or via webinar

Please contact us to discuss this training for your whole school approach

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Upcoming Teacher | Teacher Assistant Courses

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"I found this training to provide relatable scenarios and practical strategies that can be adapted to a variety of settings and student needs."
Teacher 11/10/2022
"I wish I had done this professional development when I first started teaching!"
Teacher 11/10/2022
"Easy language to understand with just the right amount of science and research-based evidence. Practical and relatable examples. It’s easy to see how it can work in school."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"This course makes you stop, think and evaluate the way you manage student behaviour. It can also help alleviate a lot of the ‘nagging/blah blah’ that teachers get caught up in."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"I loved the simple steps in the menu and the empathy: name it, validate it steps to the emotion coaching."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"Very moving training. I loved learning how to manage the 1-2-3 steps for ourselves, the students and the community."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"Great behaviour management tool for staff and students. Great that parents can use this too and a whole school approach could see everyone speaking the same language."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"Brad’s examples of student behaviours were hilarious! The real-life examples, kept people engaged. A very clear model and grey area questions were answered well."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"This training provided very easy-to-implement strategies and is great for whole school approach to develop emotional intelligence."
Teacher 10/10/2022
"WOW! An easy to implement strategy that saves time and solves issues quickly and effectively while addressing the emotional needs of the students. Thank you."
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Our parent education courses & our professional development training for teachers and ELC & OSHC educators is available in Western Australia and Northern Territory

At Behaviour Tonics, we deliver simple, yet effective parenting courses and professional learning for teachers, educators and family & child specialist across metropolitan, regional, rural and remote locations – we love to travel! So, whether you’re looking for parenting courses or teacher training in Perth, Geraldton, Bunbury, Darwin, Katherine, Alice Springs or anywhere in between – our professional team can assist.

We service all of the below locations and everywhere in between!

Perth Metropolitan area

Peel Region

  • Mandurah
  • Rockingham
  • Serpentine-Jarrahdale
  • Boddington
  • Dwellingup
  • Harvey
  • Waroona

South-West Region

  • Augusta
  • Balingup
  • Boyup Brook
  • Bridgetown
  • Bunbury
  • Busselton
  • Collie
  • Dunsborough
  • Margaret River
  • Pemberton
  • Walpole

Great Southern Region

  • Albany
  • Denmark 
  • Mount Barker 
  • Jerramungup 
  • Katanning 
  • Kojonup

Esperance Region

  • Esperance
  • Condingup
  • Hopetoun
  • Munglinup
  • Ravensthorpe
  • Salmon Gums
  • Scaddan

Wheatbelt Region

  • Northam
  • Bruce Rock
  • Corrigin
  • Cunderdin
  • Toodyay
  • Quairading
  • Southern Cross

Goldfields Region

  • Kalgoorlie
  • Boulder
  • Kambalda
  • Norseman
  • Coolgardie
  • Kambalda
  • Menzies
  • Leonora
  • Laverton
  • Leinster

Mid-West Region

  • Geraldton
  • Dongara
  • Kalbarri
  • Morawa
  • Meekatharra
  • Mullewa

Gascoyne Region

  • Carnarvon
  • Exmouth
  • Shark Bay

Pilbara Region

  • Port Hedland
  • Karratha
  • Roebourne
  • Dampier
  • Onslow
  • Pannawonica
  • Paraburdoo
  • Tom Price
  • Wickham
  • Newman
  • Marble Bar
  • Nullagine

Kimberley Region

  • Broome
  • Derby
  • Fitzroy Crossing
  • Halls Creek
  • Kununurra
  • Wyndham

Darwin and Northern Territory

  • Palmerston
  • Alice Springs
  • Katherine
  • Litchfield Nhulunbuy
  • Tennant Creek
  • Humpty Doo