ELAA, with the Children’s Protection Society (CPS), present a one day seminar for educators, early childhood service providers and other early childhood professionals that work with vulnerable young children and their families

This seminar will support educators to:

• understand and work effectively with vulnerable children and families
• understand the impacts of trauma both on children and their families
• enhance the educational outcomes of children with vulnerable backgrounds
• manage the specific cultural, developmental or cognitive requirements of children and young people who have traumatic backgrounds
• work with families to ensure optimal education outcomes
• develop strategies to work with children with challenging behaviours
• understand the vital role of the educator and early learning service in the lives of vulnerable children and their families
• respond appropriately to disclosure of abuse by a child or young person, mandatory reporting and the roles and responsibilities of the Educator
• manage self-care in relation to a disclosure of abuse (including supervision and access
  to agency support mechanisms).

ABOUT THE PRESENTER
The Children’s Protection Society (CPS) is a dynamic and diverse independent and voluntary child and family services organisation that holds a unique place in the history of Australian child protection. CPS provides a range of services across metropolitan Melbourne and in regional Victoria including family support, sexual abuse counselling, adolescent sex offender treatment services, fathers support services, support for grandparents raising their grandchildren, and an award winning child and family centre. All CPS training programs are sourced from the current evidence base and relevant practice wisdom. CPS ensures that its training programs are competency based and that learning outcomes are measurable via pre and post evaluations.

To find out more, download the training brochure here