Supervision Essentials in OSHC

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

OSHC Supervision is critical with a wide range of children, vacation care and transient staff so it is everyone’s responsibility and should reflect educators who are focused and who are consciously in the moment. Join us we unpack the necessary skills and behaviours required to make sure all children are safe.

Supporting Biting Behaviours

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

Biting can be one of the most challenging behaviours educators face, but it’s also an important window into children’s development and communication. In this practical session, we’ll unpack why children bite, explore effective and compassionate responses, and reflect on how educators and families can work together to guide children through this common developmental phase with understanding and care.

Supporting Children with Additional Needs

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

The successful inclusion of children with additional needs in children’s services is dependent on a number of factors. This short webcast briefly discusses such factors as well as guiding professionals on a journey of inclusive practice. Taking into account Early Childhood and School Aged Care, participants will be given an opportunity to explore practical and positive strategies to support themselves, children and families within the context of their Education and Care services.

Supporting Escalation and De-Escalation

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

In this interview-style webcast, Sasha Beirne from Child Australia and Kelly Oldfield from Child Development and Behaviour Specialists sit together and discuss the Escalation and De-Escalation process for children in Early Learning & OSHC services. Truly understand the background and science behind a child’s behaviour. The escalation process occurs when there are unresolved internal or external conflicts for a child. Behaviours during escalation can be challenging, disruptive and risky. 

Sustainability: Beyond Recycling & Worm Farms

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

Sustainability in education is about so much more than recycling and gardening, it’s about creating a culture of care, connection, and fairness. This webcast explores the three key dimensions of sustainability, environmental, social, and economic, and how they interconnect within early childhood settings.

The Art of Supervision: Getting the Basics Right

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

The Art of Supervision: Getting the Basics Right is a practical introductory or refresher webcast that explores the dynamic nature of supervision in early learning and care. Linking directly to the National Quality Framework, it clarifies key legal and regulatory expectations while building your confidence to apply active, purposeful supervision every day. Through real-world examples, you’ll consider how communication, collaboration and reflection strengthen child safety, and how effective supervision connects to risk assessment and your responsibilities in creating safe, responsive environments.

Webcast duration: 1hr

The First Thousand Days

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

The ‘first thousand days’ refers to the period of development from conception to age 2.

While early years experts have long been aware that this is an important period of development, researchers have only recently started to unlock some of the mysteries surrounding the processes by which genes, experiences, and environments interact to influence development. This research underpins The EYLF and the NQF.

The National Quality Framework

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

A session suitable for all educators in Long Day Care, Family Day Care and Outside School Hours Care looking to refresh or rediscover the National Quality Framework.

Law and regulations underpin the framework, which have evolved since its debut in 2012. Join us as we fill-in your knowledge gaps and show you through the many resources, concepts and hints to make quality your priority.

Using Respectful Interactions to Guide Behaviours

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

Educators who utilise and respond to children through secure, respectful and reciprocal interactions support their developing sense of wellbeing. When children develop confidence and feel respected and valued, they develop the skills to interact positively in their current and future relationships. This workshop unpacks the messages behind everyday statements educators bring with them from their own childhood, positive and negative, and suggests alternative responses. 

What is Pedagogy Anyway?

Course categoryOn-Demand Webcast

In the EYLF V2.0 the term pedagogy refers to the ‘art, science or craft of educating’ (p.12). In this webcast, we look at pedagogy through these different lenses and discuss how they look. How we understand pedagogy influences the decisions we make about the curriculum we design and implement as early childhood educators.