In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, we talked to SelfDesign Counsellor Franya Jedwab about what she does as part of the Family Services team. Having been a SelfDesign parent, Franya understands what is involved in learning at home and in the community, and draws on that to help support learners and families as a counsellor.

In this interview, we talk to Family Services’ team lead Clarissa Tufts. She oversees the team’s direction and day-to-day operations, and works with the clinical counsellor, guidance counsellors and members of the contact assistance team who provide support to learners, families, educators and other members of the SelfDesign community.

For Patricia Collins, seeing learners embrace opportunities to learn about Indigenous ways of seeing and being and build them into their learning and lives drives her. Read more about Patricia’s journey to become SelfDesign_® Learning Community’s Indigenous Education Facilitator.

Meet Michelle Quesnel-Tosney and Paul Tosney. Together, the duo, who are married, make up the SelfDesign Enrolment Team’s frontline that helps guide families through SelfDesign_®’s enrolment process.

While buzz words like “individualized”, “personalized” and “self-led” are gaining traction in mainstream education now, these concepts have always been the strong foundational pillars that SelfDesign_® was built upon.

When it comes to innovative models for learning, SelfDesign_® leads the way. In fact, innovation has been integral to SelfDesign since its conception. Read the full history of how SelfDesign came to be!