Responding to Children and Young People's Challenging Behaviours in OSHC Settings with Anna Banas (5 part series)
Behaviours of young children can be puzzling, confusing or challenging. In group settings, understanding such behaviours and finding ways of responding to them in a supportive way is key to children’s wellbeing.
This course offers a chance to look beyond behaviours of children in OSHC settings, and ask questions that will help us understand the reasons for those behaviours. We will use the knowledge of child development and neuroscience, to shift our view of behaviours as being “tip of the iceberg”, and to help us look to the roots of these behaviours, so we can support each child in a sustainable way. We will also explore how our responses to children can create environments where children are safe to feel, develop and explore.
Who Should Attend?
OSHC educators, Early Childhood Teachers and Educators and Early Childhood Education Professionals with a desire to better understand and respond to children in their care.
Prerequisites
None- All course work materials will be provided by the course facilitator.
Why Attend?
Some themes Anna will cover in this course are:
- Challenging behaviours and the nervous system
- How to start with emotional regulation
- Neuroception – what it is and why should we care about it
- How our language shapes our view of the child
- No future dates available.
About the presenters
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Anna Banas
Anna Banas is an Early Childhood Education consultant, parent coach and researcher, drawing on over a decade of experience in the sector. She works with educators, parents and caregivers to deepen connection, nurture belonging and bring relational‑developmental insight into everyday early childhood practice.
Anna has also lectured and published on topics such as children’s emotional regulation, conflict and peacemaking in early childhood settings, communication and the transition into care. Her expertise blends attachment‑informed and nonviolent communication approaches with practical, evidence‑guided pedagogy.
In her consultancy and workshop work, Anna supports early childhood teams and parent communities by offering clear, accessible tools and ideas grounded in relational‑developmental psychology. Her approach emphasises that from the very first hellos through to lasting bonds, ecologies of safety and connection are the foundation of children’s growth and wellbeing.Her work is informed by Pikler pedagogy, relational-developmental approach of Dr Neufeld, Polyvagal Theory and Nonviolent Communication.