Guiding Children’s Behaviour Positively and Effectively

When

13 Mar 2020 - 14 Mar 2020
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Australia/Melbourne

Where

Melbourne
Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

Event Tag

The focus of this interactive workshop is to enhance understanding of how to guide children’s behaviour positively and effectively.

Objectives
Participants will identify and discuss:

  • The reasons for children’s behaviours
  • Typical challenging behaviours
  • Seven steps to guiding behaviour effectively
  • Negotiating with Children
  • Strategies to avoid

Outline 
Day 1:

Activities and discussions will focus on:

  • The reasons for children’s behaviours
    • Identifying how child management practices influence behaviours
    • Identifying ages and stages of learning to control behaviours
    • Identifying how temperament affects behaviour
  • Typical challenging behaviours
    • Recognizing early signs of an onset of challenging behaviours
    • Identifying when adults should step in and when to ignore challenging behaviours
    • Developing strategies for setting up the learning environment to mitigate challenging behaviours
  • Seven steps to guiding behaviour effectively
    • Identifying the adult role – Steps 1 to 3
    • Developing strategies to monitoring behaviours – Step 4

Day 2:

  • Seven steps to guiding behaviour effectively
    • Developing strategies to involve the child – Step 5
    • Developing strategies for consistent behaviour management techniques – Step 6
    • Developing strategies for sustainable results – Step 7
  • Negotiating with Children
    • Negotiations defined
    • Identifying how to negotiate with children of different ages
    • Developing strategies to negotiate with children
  • Strategies to avoid

Trainer’s Profile

Dr. Crowther has experience in teaching in the early years – early childhood settings, elementary schools, universities, and colleges. She has presented at numerous childcare conferences both nationally and internationally.

Experiences in guiding children’s behaviours effectively include working with families, early childhood educators and teachers to effectively develop strategies to mitigate behaviour challenges and in developing and teaching positive behaviour guidance courses.

Dr. Crowther has worked in a number of settings that encourage positive social behaviour approaches to learning. She has published articles in a variety of journals and has completed eleven textbooks in the early years, and a number of children’s books that include photographs of children in a variety of international play settings.

Methodology

This workshop provides strategies to guide children’s behaviour positively and effectively and to foster greater understanding and practice of how to create positive social learning environments.

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for all teachers and other adults who work in early years settings – early childhood and early primary grades.

Investment
Early Bird: AUD750.00/person if register by 1 Dec 19
Individual: AUD790.00/person
Group of 5 or more: AUD690.00/person

Other Details
Duration: 2 days, 12 hours
Closing Date:  1 Jan 2020

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