We review our book, Wally the Worried Wallaby and discuss anxiety in children.

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Hear from two incredible women and their  service, "Reframing Disability"

Reframing Disability is an uplifting, supportive, and educational space for families raising children with developmental delay, disability or medical needs. It’s a community made by families, for families.

Visit: https://reframingdisability.com.au/ 

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I strongly encourage you all to purchase Jade’s book, “Understanding Oscar” from her website  www.understandingoscar.com  Jade’s Instagram and Facebook pages are both @understandingoscar.

Governments have recognised that teachers need more support and training to manage challenging behaviour in classrooms.  I speak with Micaela Rafferty and Jill Hellemans from MultiLit about their training workshops for teachers, principals and other educators.  The workshops give teachers the skills to manage difficult behaviour in classrooms and create positive teaching and learning.

Program Website
https://positiveteaching.multilit.com/ 

Mutilit Brochure regarding the Program
https://multilit.com/professional-development/positive-teaching-and-learning/?fbclid=IwAR0rxIKMqvd4zBTzwxg7CZjc8pS1qqzzfluMnzVzv2X68SNxIjylHPl7nBg

The LDA article Multilit recently published:  https://www.ldaustralia.org/Bulletin/Rafferty%20and%20Hellemans%20-%20Managing%20challenging%20behaviour%20in%20the%20classroom.pdf

Video promo for the workshop: Foundations, Assessment and Measurement of Behaviour https://youtu.be/tSJVa5z4Mow?list=PLvZh5JKY-LJLooGTO8wGF_z3_poxXOHXb


Video promo for positive teaching workshop: https://youtu.be/MP0AvkuRKXc

CESE- Centre for Educational Statistics and Evaluation

https://data.cese.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/suspensions-and-expulsions-in-nsw-government-schools/resource/7eab017c-58ca-470b-b7aa-de723d20442a 

After a year like this here’s two ways to ensure a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for your children and family: gratitude and personal bests.

#gratitude #christmasblessings #personalbest #resilience #merrychristmas #family #parenting #childpsychology #braveminds #anniescentre #drannechalfant #helpingfamiliesthrive

You ask Google a parenting question you'd never ask anyone else. Well, we've downloaded those popular search questions and we answer them in this week's episode!

Anxiety is a growing problem for little ones. We discuss how anxiety can present in young children, what parents can do to help and our children’s book, “Wally the Worried Wallaby in Dog-Gone Trouble”, which is designed to help parents reduce anxiety in their young child.

Want your kids to respect you? Then show them you mean what you say by following through. Children easily sense sincerity and respond to it with trust!

#followthrough #meanwhatyousay #buildtrust #parenting #raisingchildren #anniescentre #anniescentrepodcast #drannechalfant #helpingfamiliesthrive 

We’ve all been there...child disobeys a rule or instruction then, out of frustration, we start to poke the bear. We comment on other things that day they have also done to frustrate us or we start a lecture about how the misbehaviour seems to reflect a bigger problem. Here’s some tips on how to keep discipline in the here and now and help keep ourselves and our kids calmer in the process.

#dontpokethebear #discipline #calmparenting #parentingtips #childpsychology #anniescentre #drannechalfant #helpingfamiliesthrive

When we notice a negative change in our child’s behaviour we are often looking for a quick fix. But that doesn’t always address what might be the underlying cause and we could miss something important. 

Sometimes all it takes is a little extra time spent talking with your child or teenager and figuring out together why things might be going wrong.

#moretimeforkids #thinkitthrough #quickfixesdontlast #rootcausesnotbandaids #parentingtips #childpsychology #anniescentre #drannechalfant #helpingfamiliesthrive