Meet Roisin
I’m Roisin Mcilduff, a behaviour specialist, educator and parent coach with over 25 years of experience supporting children and families across education, leadership and social care.
My background includes education, leadership, and social care, from mainstream schools to high-needs settings, safe houses, and temporary accommodation settings for families.
I’ve supported children with trauma histories, emotional dysregulation, neurodivergence (including autism and ADHD), and those excluded from both school and community. I’ve also worked closely with parents, educators, and allied health professionals to create consistent, coordinated support around the child.
My Why
Why I Do This Work
I’ve worked in both education and social care long enough to see a pattern: families are often left carrying the heaviest load with the least support. Parents are told their child is “too hard,” schools feel stretched, and children get caught in the middle, labelled before they’ve even had a chance.
I started Behaviour for Learning because I believe families deserve better than quick fixes or endless appointments that don’t create lasting change. I’ve seen what happens when a parent feels blamed, isolated, or powerless and I’ve seen the opposite too: what’s possible when a parent feels clear, confident, and connected with their child.
This isn’t about theory that stays in a classroom or strategies that only work for professionals. It’s about empowering you; the person who knows your child best with tools you can use in real life, at home, in the moments that matter most.
I do this work because I know families can thrive. With the right support, I’ve seen children go from daily battles to breakthrough moments and parents rediscover space to breathe and an unbreakable bond with their child.
My Approach
Every family I work with is unique, but my philosophy stays the same:
parents are their child’s most powerful change-makers.
Therapy to improve behaviour is most effective when it doesn’t just happen in a room once a week, but in the everyday moments where children laugh, play, melt down, and learn. My role is to equip you with the skills, tools, and confidence to become the therapist your child needs at home.
I draw on trauma-responsive practices, where safety, trust, and relationships come first. Attachment, nurture, and connection are at the heart of every strategy. Alongside this, I integrate practical strategies from logical consequences to structured teaching, nature play, and reflective frameworks like Appreciative Inquiry always evidence-based and always tailored to what works best for your child and family.
At the heart of my approach are three pillars:
Clarity seeing your child’s behaviour differently, so you can respond with confidence instead of doubt.
Connection building trust and warmth, even in tough moments.
Cultivation nurturing growth through everyday routines, so progress continues long after our sessions end.
This is how we move from daily battles to breakthrough moments, not with quick fixes, but with strategies that last focussing on one behaviour at a time.
Qualifications include:
Masters of Education: Wellbeing & Positive Mental Health
Graduate Diploma in Education
Bachelor of Social Science: Psychology & Cultural Studies
Diploma in Arts: Australian Studies
I also bring something just as important: lived understanding.
I’m a parent myself, and I know what it’s like when things feel overwhelming or nothing seems to work.
Even with all the tools and training, parenting is still messy, emotional, and deeply personal. I don’t pretend to have all the answers, but I do know how to walk beside you with care, clarity, and a plan that makes sense for your real life. This is high-quality, individualised care for families who are ready for something more effective and more human.
Qualifications
Why I’m not a typical teacher
Before I stepped fully into education, I worked in social care; supporting women and children in domestic violence refuges, young people in alternative care, and families living in homeless hostels. Those years taught me how much behaviour is shaped by safety, relationships, and environment.
Later, in schools, I worked with students many labelled as unreachable….the ones who threw chairs, started fires, or lashed out by kicking and punching. What I saw was children signalling overwhelm, trauma, and unmet needs in the only way they knew how.
This is why I don’t work like a typical teacher. My background spans both education and social care, so I see the bigger picture: what happens when children feel unsafe, when parents feel blamed, and when systems run out of answers.
I’m not here to manage behaviour for an hour a week.
I’m here to equip you: the parent, to be your child’s most consistent guide and therapist, so change happens every day, where it matters most: at home.
This isn’t about quick fixes. It’s about calm, connection, and strategies that last.
Clarity. Connection. Cultivate
Three words that change everything for your family. Let’s begin.