Louise Porter

Louise Porter (PhD, MA Hons, MGiftedEd, DipEd, BA, BIntStuds) is an Australian child psychologist with 30 years’ experience in private practice consulting with children, their parents, teachers and other professionals to resolve children’s emotional, social or behavioural issues. Having worked for 10 years in disability and mainstream settings, she then taught for 13 years at University and today conducts professional development and parent information sessions across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. She has written many books, including 'Children are people too: A parent's guide to young children's behaviour' plus professional titles including 'Young children’s behaviour: Practical approaches for caregivers and teachers', 'Student behaviour: Theory and practice for teachers', 'Gifted young children', and 'Teacher-parent collaboration'. She has produced two DVDs, 'Guiding children's behaviour' and 'Gifted children: Meeting their needs'. She has also written a parenting program (A guidance approach to discipline), for which there is a manual for group leaders and a workbook for participants. For more information about these titles and to download articles concerning children, their behaviour and development, consult her website: www.louiseporter.com.au