Responding to Children and Young People's Challenging Behaviours in OSHC Settings with Anna Banas (5 part series)

Dr Anna Banas is a communication coach, focusing on relationships and parenting based in New Zealand. Anna holds a PHD in Sociolinguistics and has completed research on belonging, communication and conflict resolution. This five-part series with Anna Banas is designed to address the specific needs of educators working in OSHC settings.

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.