Name: Understanding young children’s behaviour and empowering their future (2-part series) - Early Childhood Australia
SKU: LHSERIES002
Availability: InStock

Understanding young children’s behaviour and empowering their future (2-part series)

$0.00

This 2-part series is suitable for all early childhood professionals in gaining essential knowledge in supporting children’s behaviour. To effectively support and guide young children’s behaviour, it is essential that educators develop an understanding of the form and function behind the behaviour observed. Developing an understanding of the meaning of children’s behaviour will in turn support educators in developing strategies and teaching techniques unique for each individual child.

Description

Learning Outcomes

Understand why behaviour is a form of communication that can help educators to develop a better understanding of each individual child.
Learn how children regulate their emotions, thoughts and behaviours.
Develop strategies to support children in times of stress, frustration or anger.
Discover and recognise the signs and meanings behind children’s behaviours and strategies to support young children.
Uncover how to understand children’s triggers and what these can look like.

Best Suited For

All educators currently working in an approved education and care setting across Australia. This is a foundation course that focuses on essential knowledge to guide children’s behaviour and may be suitable for educators who are new to the sector or embarking on a formal early childhood qualification.

Professor Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett

Professor Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett is the Academic Director of The Early Years at the University of Wollongong. Cathrine works in cross-disciplinary teams and conducts translational work with community and industry partners to support high-quality early childhood education and care practice that enhances outcomes for children.

Since 2015, she has co-led five large-scale early childhood pedagogical studies valued at more than $4.5 million, across three Australian states, in over 600 early childhood educational services, and with more than 3,500 children.

Cathrine brings particular expertise in pedagogical reform and her work on children’s self-regulation, child assessment and early childhood pedagogy has impacted educational practice, programs and policy both in Australia and internationally. She has authored and co-authored academic papers and been recognised for her expertise in children’s behaviour and self-regulation through her appointment as an advisor on key projects in Victoria, NSW, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Additional information

Duration	1 hour
National Quality Standard	Quality Area 1: Educational program and practice, Quality Area 5: Relationships with children, Quality Area 6: Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
Australia Professional Standards for Teachers	Standard 1: Know students and how they learn, Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments, Standard 7: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community