Child Care & Early Learning Professional Development...Child Care & Early Learning Professional Development Providing specialised training and professional development addresses the

Child Care & Early Learning

Professional Development

Providing specialised training and professional development

addresses the Early Years Learning



Providing specialised training and professional development

addresses the Early Years Learning (EYLF) and National Quality (NQF)

Frameworks.



Providing specialised training and professional development that

(EYLF) and National Quality (NQF)

SHILUS TRAINING | www.shilus.com.au/training |E: [email protected]

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AboutShilus Training Shilus understands the unique requirements and challenges present within the childcare, early

years and school settings, and the need to reflect currency of practice in everything educators do.

Our training modules have been designed to meet the requirements of the Early Years Learning Early Years Learning Early Years Learning Early Years Learning

Framework (EYLF)Framework (EYLF)Framework (EYLF)Framework (EYLF)andNational Quality Framework (NQF)National Quality Framework (NQF)National Quality Framework (NQF)National Quality Framework (NQF), with content specific to the unique

operational challenges of a childcare educator.

With over 20 years’ combined experience across child

safety/ protection, child behaviour management and

injury prevention, Shilus is able to provide your staff with

training that not only meets your duty of care and

legislative obligations, but is highly relevant to your

staff’s day to day operations.

All our training is delivered on-site or at a location of

your choosing, and can be delivered after hours or on the

weekend for no additional fee. We frequently deliver

training interstate and overseas.

We also deliver our training modules online through an online learning management system that is

user friendly, easy to access and flexible that can be fit around work and family commitments as

well as live webinar sessions where you are able to interact with the trainer during the training

presentation.

Listed in this booklet are the different workshops Shilus offers in the Childcare and Early Learning

setting.

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Professional Development Modules

Our professional modules are designed to provide professionals working within the

childcare and early years’ setting with high quality training to improve their

professional practice.

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Providing Sensitive Care

This interactive, hands-on workshop demonstrates to educators and service leaders the

importance of listening to the “voice” of a child and how we can encourage and

facilitate this. This ultimately helps to foster healthy and positive relationships and

supports a child’s ability to self-regulate and manage challenging behaviours.

Being presented “through the eyes of a child”, this workshop is about changing the

perspective from which we approach care and education for little people in the early

education and care setting. This approach then forms the foundation of all the care we

provide for children, including education plans, assessing child safety concerns, and

working with parents and carers.

NQS Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Children, Families and Communities.

120 min

Partnering with Families

This interactive workshop is designed to provide educators with strategies to best

engage with families and other members of the caring community to provide best

practice.

NQS Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Children, Families and Communities.

120 min

Professionally Ethical!

This workshop aims to provide participants with an opportunity to consider the NQS

ethical and professional challenges in their workplace, the profession and the wider

community and how this may impact on their own practice.

Participants will be encouraged to consider their own responses to these challenges

whilst considering their legal responsibilities and the care they provide for children.

NQS Area 4 – Standards and Elements

120min



Communication and Team Building

Early education and childcare is a team-working environment. It is absolutely essential

that educators are able to communicate effectively and appropriately, both internally

and externally, to ensure their team functions most successfully.

This workshop provides participants with practical information and practice on how to

communicate effectively with others in their centre and the importance of working as a

team. This workshop also explores communication barriers and provides participants

with a basic understanding of conflict resolution.


120 min

Workplace Bullying and Harassment

With workplace bullying and harassment claims at their highest levels, and the

subsequent time and financial cost incurred by centres in managing them, it is more

important than ever that educators understand that bullying and harassment means or

them.

This workshop provides participants with information about what is bullying and

harassment, reasonable vs. unreasonable behavior, impacts on people and

organisations, and what actions to take in response to bullying and harassment.


120 min

Fire Safety Training – WARDEN LEVEL (Compliance)

More in-depth than traditional Fire Awareness Training, this highly interactive and

interesting training ensures that your staff meets its legislative Workplace Health and

Safety requirements.

This training has been developed with the Early Learning Setting in mind, providing

participants with the competence and confidence to operate different types of fire

equipment available.

Includes Fire Extinguisher practical

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management

120 min

Dealing with Families Under Stress

We all know how stressful family life can be, especially when you have young children,

and sometimes families just need a little hand to support them.

This workshop is designed to provide educators and staff with strategies they can

employ to sensitively support families under stress, and where they can refer families,

parents and other carers for further support if necessary. This workshop also explores

the importance of educators setting boundaries and how they can work within these.

NQS Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Children, Families and Communities

120 min



Being an Observational Educator

Observing and recording the development, behavior and activity of the little ones in our

care is an essential part of being an educator in the childcare setting.

This workshop provides educators with the tools to understand when, what and how to

become more observational and how they are able to record information that is

meaningful for themselves and their service.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management; and NQS Area 5 – Relationships with Children

120 min

Being and Active Supervisor

Ensuring children have a safe and secure environment to thrive and learn with

effective supervision should be an integral part of any educators day at a child

care center.

This workshop has been developed to provide educators with a understanding of

active supervision being more than watching children and that it is about using

techniques that promote effective supervision practices to create safe care

environments while still allowing the children to explore.

NQS Area 2 – Children’s Health and Safety

120 min



Child Health and Wellbeing Modules

Our Child Health and Wellbeing modules are designed to provide educators with the

most up-to-date, evidence-based practical information and skills to ensure the health

and wellbeing of the children in their care.


Child Development

Using the latest evidence base in Child Development, this workshop explores the

physical and emotional development of a child, and what activities educators can

employ to support their development.

This workshop is about educators understanding a child’s social development, and

support of, has in their ability to learn and grow. We will provide educators with a

practical understanding of how they can use the theory of scaffolding to help children to

learn more productively from both their educators and other children in the class.

NQS Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice; NQS Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Children,

Families and Communities; NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management

120 min

Child Safety and Protection – Introduction

Supporting your staff to have a conceptual and practical understanding of their role in

Child Protection. This includes their legal obligations in relation to providing Child

Protection and notification.This workshop will also provide educators with an overview

of the physical, behavioural and functional signs of harm.

This training is tailored to the state in which the centre is based to ensure that the

appropriate legislation is covered during the sessions.


120 min

Developing Protective Behaviours

This workshop is designed to provide educators with strategies to support young

children to develop strong protective behaviours to protect themselves against harm.

This workshop will provide practical learning strategies and experiences educators can

use with young children and work with families to increase their awareness of protective

behaviours. It will also be including feelings that children may experience following loss

120 min



and the impact that it can have on their lives is important for educators to understand in

order to help support them through this time.

NQS Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice; NQS Area 2 – Children’s Health and Safety

Rest and Relaxation

Sleep and rest are essential to a child’s healthy brain development, physical growth and

ability to learn.

This workshop aims to provide educators with an understanding of the role that rest and

relaxation has for development and learning, and how they can practically support

individual children’s rest requirements and provide opportunities for calming and

relaxation.


120 min

Promoting Cultural Inclusivity

In this workshop we look at what it means to be culturally competent and how we can

promote, celebrate, respect and honordifferent cultures to ours.

This interactive workshop covers learning about new cultures, implementing cultural

inclusivity and taking action on special celebrations. Also looking at how this creates

meaningful relationships and a connected community.



120 min

Label Reading Workshop

One of the key challenges parents and educators face is understanding food and food

labels. We know we need to make healthy choices for our children and ourselves but

how do we know that we are?

This practical workshop provides staff with an understanding of food contents and

labeling to enable them to make healthier choices for themselves, their families and the

children in their centre. This information can also then be taught to children to help

them make better decisions.


60 min

Managing Allergies and Intolerances

Understanding the plethora of allergies, intolerances and other digestive disorders is a

common problem for educators and childcare centres.

This session aims to provide staff with all the facts on allergies and intolerances common

to the childhood and early learning setting, how they can identify and prevent reactions,

and strategies to manage them.


120 min

Nutrition and Food Safety 120 min



This workshop provides educators and staff with an understanding of the latest news,

evidence and information relating to healthy nutrition in the early childhood setting.

It also explores food safety, and the promotion of safe food handling practices within

your centre.

NQS Area 2 – Children’s Health and Safety; NQS Area 3: Physical Environment

Nutrition for Kids

This workshop provides educators and staff with an understanding of the latest news,

evidence and information relating to healthy nutrition in the early childhood setting.


60 min

Safe Food Handling Workshop

This workshop provides educators and staff with an understanding of the importance of

safe food handling at home and in the childcare centre. This workshop also provides

staff with a practical understanding of how this can be achieved through food storage,

handling and preparation processes.

NQS Area 2 – Children’s Health and Safety; NQS Area 3: Physical Environment

120 min



Child Behaviour Modules

With extensivetraining and experience in delivery of Child Behaviour Assessment,

Management and Consultancy across childcare, private and government industries,

Shilus is able to provide your centre with high quality, practical and tailored

specialized Behaviour Training.


Introduction to Behaviour Management

Using over 10 years’ of experience in behaviour management, our workshop provides

educators with non-punitive methods of supporting children with behaviour challenges,

including encouraging positive behaviour.

120 min

Child Behaviour Management Level 1 Training

Our Level 1 Behaviour Management module aims to provide educators and staff with an

introduction to Child Behaviour Management. Specifically, this workshop aims to

provide staff with an understanding of how to identify challenging behaviours and their

antecedent (or cause). This module also provides tried-and-tested strategies to promote

positive behavior in each room.

Being able to understand the cause and function of a behavior is absolutely essential to

implementing an effective Behaviour Management Strategy.



120 min


Our Level 2 Behaviour Management module aims to provide educators and staff with an

understanding of how they can take information gathered during the behavior

assessment process and implement effective behavior management strategies.This

module includes workshop time dedicated to discussion of centre-specific behavior

challenges.



120 min


Our level 3 Behaviour Management module explores the challenges implementing

behavioural change can pose, including working with tired and exhausted parents,

working with children that may have special needs, and working within the boundaries

120 min



of their role.



Child/Service Specific Behaviour Workshops

Where a childcare service has a specific child, room or behavior concern that they are

having trouble with, Shilus is able to offer 1-hour workshops with the relevant educators

and staff to help put in place effective strategies.

Usually these workshops will include observation of the child in the room followed by a

facilitated workshop to identify the antecedent and function of the behavior and

provide effective behavior management strategies to implement.

NQS Area 1 – Educational Program and Practice; NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management

60 min

Facilitating Conflict Resolution within the Early

Learning Setting

This workshop is about providing educators with the skills to support a child to manage

their own behaviour, respond appropriately to the behaviour of others, and

communicate effectively to resolve conflicts.

Though this training focuses on conflict resolution between children, it will also address

conflict resolution between staff and other members of the team and carers.

NQS Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with Children, Families and Communities; NQS Area 7 –

Leadership and Service Management

120 min

Understanding Autism and Its Impact on Behaviour

This workshop provides participants with the opportunities to understand ASD, its

impact on a child’s behaviour and learning, and how you can implement positive

behaviour support in the childcare setting.


120 min

Settling and Supporting Anxious and Agitated

Children

This workshop provides educators with an overview of why some children become

anxious easily and/or agitated, and provides educators with skills to minimise the impact

in the Early Learning Setting.

This workshop also includes strategies to calm children.


120 min



Staff Health and Wellbeing Modules

Our Staff Health and Wellbeing workshops have been developed to help professionals

working within the childcare and early learning setting manage their own physical,

emotional, cognitive and psychological health.


Staff Resilience Training – Mental Health

Our Staff Resilience Training has been designed to provide your staff with the

knowledge to identify signs of emotional and psychological stress and provide them with

strategies they can implement to prevent burn out.

This workshop has been highly regarded by participants because it has provided them

with key tools to identify their own signs of stress and work out the strategies that work

best for them to manage their own personal and professional stress.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management; NQS Area 4 – Staffing Arrangements

120 min

Staff Resilience Training – Physical Health

Staff resilience isn’t just about mental and psychological health. Working in the childcare

and early learning sector is highly physical and staff often find themselves suffering from

physical fatigue. Poor physical health or fitness is a leading cause of staff early

retirement from the industry or work all together.

This workshop is designed to provide staff with an understanding of how their bodies

work, how they can ensure their own physical health and fitness, including activities and

exercises they can implement into their day with the children and work around their

own busy lives.

This workshop includes a fun, interactive Pilates session to promote core strength.


120 min

Understanding Vicarious Trauma

Educators and staff are exposed to children and families who themselves have or are

currently experiencing trauma, abuse or other adverse events. The essential act of

listening to trauma stories can take an emotional toll that can compromise an educators

professional functioning and their own quality of life.

Indirect or vicarious trauma can present similarly to post-traumatic stress disorder

(PTSD) and can have a wide range of effects personally and professionally for an

educator or staff member.

This workshop is designed to provide educators and staff with an understanding of

120 min



vicarious trauma and its effects, how they can provide caring practices whilst protecting

themselves, and effective self-care strategies.


Promoting Calm

This workshop has been designed to provide childcare and early learning centres with a

fun workshop all about promoting calm and wellness in their centre.

The session is focused on providing teams that may be currently under a larger than

normal stress level with a group-based stress management workshop. Using tools

including meditation, mindfulness and relaxation, staff will leave the session calm,

centred and with an understanding of how they can achieve this state themselves.


60– 120min

Infection Control

Having a practical understanding of effective hygiene and infection control practices are

essential in the childcare and early learning setting to ensure a safe and hygienic

environment and prevent the spread of disease and contamination.

This workshop is designed to provide industry-specific knowledge about infection

control and hygiene practices in the childcare setting and how they can support children

to be a part of these practices.

This workshop includes an overview of the regulations and policies around infection

control.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management; NQS Area 2: Children’s Health and Safety; NQS Area 3:

Physical Environment

120 min

Manual Handling Training

Our highly practical and enjoyable Manual Handling Workshop is one of our most

popular modules.

Our workshop providesstaff with essential practical Manual Handling skills that are

specific to the challenges of the Early Learning Setting, including lifting children, working

at very low heights, and the dangers of storage to prevent physical injury to themselves

and others.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management; NQS Area 3: Physical Environment

120 min

Workplace Health and Safety

Interactive workshop designed to enable your staff to effectively identify and manage all

risks in the workplace through an understanding of the WH&S Legislation and Risk

Assessment and Management Practices.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management; NQS Area 3: Physical Environment

120 min



Director/Nominated Supervisor Modules

Our Director and Nominated Supervisor modules have been designed to provide

strategies and tools to those in charge to facilitate a caring, efficient and profitable

childcare centre.


Marketing for Childcare and Early Learning Services

Maintaining existing families and attracting new enrolments is essential for every

childcare and early learning service.

This practical workshop provides directors with an understanding of basic marketing

concepts and ideas for promoting their service, including development of strategic and

tactical marketing plans, self-analysis and the rise of social media.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management.

120 min

Looking After Your Team!

All directors and nominated supervisors know the importance of having a happy, healthy

and efficient team, but this isn’t something that always comes easily or without work.

This workshop is about providing directors and nominated supervisors with an

understanding of team culture, including its introduction at the recruitment/induction

stage through to ongoing staff engagement and performance management.

This workshop will explore HR strategies to engage your staff to reduce staff turnover,

sick leave and improve overall staff engagement.


120 min

Managing Change

Where there are organizational, programming or other changes within a service, it is

ultimately the educators and staff within the centre that will need to change. Where

educators and staff don’t embrace these changes, the new initiatives can fail and team

engagement can suffer significantly.

This workshop provides directors and nominated supervisors with an understanding of

how they can prepare, equip and support their staff to successfully adopt change to

ensure their service’s success.


120 min



Succession Planning

Effective succession planning is about ensuring leadership continuity and building the

talent of the team to ensure that they have the skills, experience and knowledge to

meet any changing needs in the service. This planning and development will also help to

improve the engagement of staff and reduce staff turnover.

This workshop provides directors and nominated supervisors with strategies to identify

and develop high-potential educators and staff within their centre according to their

own personal development goals.


120 min

Managing Difficult Conversations with Colleagues

and Families

This workshop style training covers the stages of difficult and challenging conversations,

starting from our own feelings and barriers and continuing through to managing the

behaviour’s and feelings of the person we are talking to. Participants have the

opportunity to develop their own framework and confidence to support their ability to

train their team and co-workers.

You will leave this training confident in managing the most challenging conversations

and know how to guide this conversation to create action and common agreement.

NQS Area 7 – Leadership and Service Management; and NQS Area 6 – Collaborative Partnerships with

Children, Families and Communities.

120 min

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