Join us as we share short webinars to support families in children's wellbeing, learning and development.
Supporting children's social development following the COVID-19 pandemic - part 2
Olivia Liva, SDN Centre Director and Early Childhood Content Specialist takes us through a valuable webinar, exploring what children need to learn to grow socially and how families can support them, following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on young children.
Reference:
The Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institutes' Report on The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in Australian early childhood education and care.
Additional resources:
Olivia Liva, SDN Centre Director and Early Childhood Content Specialist takes us through a valuable webinar, exploring the experiences and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, along with sharing simple and effective ways to help.
Reference:
The Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institutes' Report on The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children in Australian early childhood education and care.
Additional resources:
Jessica Lee, Senior Occupational Therapist from SDN Children's Therapies, shares an informative short video on the importance and function of sleep. Jessica also explains the different cycles of sleep for children.
This is part one of a three-part series on Sleep.
Jessica Lee, Senior Occupational Therapist from SDN Children's Therapies shares a short video with practical strategies on what we can do every day to support children's sleep.
This is part two of a three-part series on Sleep.
SDN welcomes Dr Kristy Goodwin to present on screen time management for young children. Dr Kristy is one of Australia's leading children's digital wellbeing and learning researcher, speaker and author (and mum!).
Through this webinar, you will learn how young children’s digitalised childhoods are impacting on their health, learning and development and what they need to thrive in a digital world (based on neuroscience and developmental science). Furthermore, how technology is changing the way children learn and develop through impacts on their sleep, attention span, play, language skills, physical development, relationships and nutrition will also be discussed.
Additional resources: Digitalised Childhood ebook, Raising Your Child in a Digital Work ebook, Digital Wellbeing Checklist
SDN is delighted to welcome Rachel Doherty, a qualified clinical Nutritionist from Heart2Heart Nutrition and Gerard Moon, Centre Director at SDN Children's Services, to co-present a webinar on nutrition for young children.
This interactive webinar explores nutritious meal planning for young children and strategies to help manage fussy eating. Learn about the Australian dietary guidelines, see examples of recommended foods and understand how foods can affect behaviour.
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Centre Directors Claire and Rachel take us through the first webinar in a series which covers Getting ready for toilet training.
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Centre Directors Claire and Rachel take us through the second webinar in a series which covers what to expect when toilet training begins and how to work with your child to ensure success.
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Centre Directors Claire and Rachel take us through the final webinar which explores some of the challenges that children may face while toilet training and how the team at SDN centres can work with you to support your child with toileting.
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Sokha, Centre Director at SDN, shares tips and information to help you and your child prepare for starting care at SDN.
Lee Yelland, Centre Director at SDN Bluebell introduces some of the common areas where children can be supported to ensure a positive transition to school.
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Lee Yelland, Centre Director at SDN Bluebell takes us through a second webinar in this series, unpacking important skills needed to ensure a child is ‘ready to learn’ in a school setting.
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Lee Yelland, Centre Director at SDN Bluebell takes us through a third and final webinar of this series, exploring practical ways we ensure a child's village is ready for their transition to school.
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Join Jess Smith, Mum of two and Early Childhood professional with a passion for learning through play as she shares advice around this question.
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Join Jess Smith, for a second webinar, which focuses on How to set up play environments at home.
It offers practical tips and examples you can apply at home to continue fostering your child's learning and development through play.
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