Program details
- Priority area: Wellbeing (social and emotional)
- Primary audience: Educators
- Delivery mode: Group training, online
- Strength of evidence: Level 4 – Emerging research evidence
- AEDC sub-domains:
- Emotional maturity – anxious and fearful behaviour
- Emotional maturity – aggressive behaviour
- Emotional maturity – hyperactivity and inattentive behaviour
- Social competence – responsibility and respect
- Item cost: Moderate ($200–$2,000 per person/item)
Program description
Conversations with a Psychologist: Promoting Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing aims to build the capacity of early childhood professionals to understand factors that support children’s mental health and wellbeing, as well as provides insight into common presentations of children’s emotional struggles. The program identifies practical ways that educational teams can support children’s mental health and wellbeing through their educational practice and environments.
The program is a series of 4 pre-recorded conversations between an experienced registered teacher and a registered clinical psychologist with extensive experience working with children, discussing key topics in children’s mental health.
These topics include:
- Understanding and supporting separation anxiety in children and parents
- Understanding and supporting children’s emotions
- Understanding and supporting children’s neurodivergence
- Understanding and supporting children’s gender and sexual development.
In addition to the webinars, educational teams can participate in 4 networks facilitated by the teacher and psychologist to explore the topics in greater detail and deepen participants’ understanding of the course at an additional cost.
Detailed cost
Package 1: $740 (including GST) for 12 months access to pre-recorded webinars.
Package 2: $1,470 (including GST) includes pre-recorded webinars and weekly online drop-in sessions.
Package 3: $3,700 (including GST) includes pre-recorded webinars, weekly drop-in sessions, and online coaching sessions (4x90-minute sessions).
- All prices are inclusive of GST.
- Webinars and drop-ins are available to the entire service, not charged per person.
- Coaching is charged per service; we recommend limiting online coaching to no more than 4 participants per session. Larger groups and on-site coaching can be negotiated.
- Additional costs to be considered for the backfill of participants.
- Webinars provide services with access to 4 webinars and supporting resources.
- Weekly online drop-in sessions provide additional access to our coaching team for 60 minutes every week.
- The coaching package includes 4 x 90-minute online sessions. Services can determine who attends and are supported to find dates and times to minimise disruption to the service's operations.
Payment schedule
Invoices will be provided at purchase and payable within 30 days.
Cancellation policy
- For webinars and drop-ins, no cancellations are available if the program has been purchased.
- Online coaching sessions may be rescheduled when the coach is contacted by 9am the morning of the session. Our scheduling platform enables user-friendly rescheduling and cancellation of sessions, as well as promoting reminders for scheduled sessions.
- For coaching, a refund will be available for any of the coaching components not used, so long as 24 hours notice is given.
Implementation considerations
- Target population: early childhood teachers and educators.
- Program/practice descriptions and details: conversations are pre-recorded, self-paced and delivered online, allowing teams to access them whenever most convenient. Participants have the option to participate in 4 x 75-minute network meetings that cover each topic for an additional charge. Network meetings are facilitated by the teacher and psychologist featured in the conversation recordings.
- Program adaptability: Access is unlimited across educational teams and the program can be accessed across Victoria.
- Staffing: it is recommended that teaching teams be provided with a total of 4 hours of backfill so they can engage in the recorded conversations and reflective activities. If participating in network meetings, it is recommended that a further 5 hours of backfill be provided.
- Tools and systems: conversations and networks are delivered online so services require access to web-enabled devices.
VEYLDF alignment
Item uses these practice principles
- Partnerships with families
- High expectations for every child
- Respectful relationships and responsive engagement
- Equity and diversity
- Integrated teaching and learning approaches
- Partnerships with professionals
Item responds to these sub-outcomes
Children become strong in their social, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
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