About the online workshop
Children learn best through relationships. When teachers, educators, and support teams adopt a relationship-based approach, they create safe and secure environments where children can thrive.
This webinar will explore how building strong, trust-based relationships with children fosters emotional security, enhances learning, and supports social development. Using the evidence-based Circle of Security attachment model, we will examine the profound impact of secure attachments in early childhood and primary education.
What you will learn during the presentation:
- The benefits of strong teacher-child relationships in early learning and primary school settings.
- An introduction to the Circle of Security attachment model.
- Recognising how unmet attachment needs at home may present in the classroom.
- Understanding and responding to challenging behaviours through an attachment lens.
- Strategies for emotional regulation using verbal and non-verbal actions.
- The concept of ‘shark music’ and its impact on interactions.
- What resilience research tells us about supporting children.
- The 60% rule: Why getting it right most of the time is enough.
Attendees will gain practical insights and strategies to enhance relationship-based teaching, leading to greater child engagement, improved learning outcomes, better behaviour management, stronger social-emotional development, and increased self-esteem.
Who is this professional learning suitable for?
This webinar is suitable for early childhood teachers, primary teachers, educators, Student Learning Support Officers (SLSOs), and other school support staff.
Details
Date: Tuesday, 24 March 2025
Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm (AEST)
Location: Online webinar, attendees will receive their access details the week of the webinar.
Speaker: Heather Irvine-Rundle, senior clinical psychologist and director of The READ Clinic.
Ticket price: $75 per person (including GST)
Booking form: Download the booking form
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If you would like to purchase your ticket via bank transfer, please email (info@committedtochildcareconferences.com) the team and we will send you our banking details.
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
Australian Professional Standards for Teachers
This presentation meets the following Australian Professional Standards for Teachers:
Standard 1 – Know students and how they learn.
Standard 4 – Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments.
Standard 6 – Engage in professional learning.
What’s included?
All participants will receive a copy of the slides and a certificate of completion.
About the speaker
Heather Irvine-Rundle
Senior clinical psychologist, Adjunct Professor of Practice, School of Psychology at the University of Newcastle and director of The READ Clinic
Heather is a senior clinical psychologist and the director of The Read Clinic, which is one of the largest psychology practises in Australia. As well as practising in Australia, Heather has also spent three years in the UK working with some of the most deprived families in Liverpool and London. She also led a service providing advice and consultations on mental health to all the schools in the South London area.
As well as practicing for over two decades Heather has also found time to become a published author with her latest book Hello Baby. Heather speaks regularly on local ABC radio, has appeared on a number of television shows including 60 Minutes, and writes regular articles for print and digital media.
In 2019, Heather was appointed as Conjoint Professor of Practice in the School of Psychology at the University of Newcastle, NSW.
Registration policy
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