On today’s episode, I speak with Kristi McVee, the founder of Child Abuse Prevention + Education Australia (CAPE), about child safety and abuse prevention education. Drawing from her experience working in the police force, as well as a child abuse detective, Kristi unpacks the importance of preventative measures in childhood abuse and the role that educators play in this. 

Kristi and I discuss:

🌸 Myths around childhood abuse and the prevalence of abuse in Australia.

🌸 The critical role of prevention.

🌸 Grooming and signs to look out for.

🌸 The importance of a protective behaviour curriculum that is developmentally appropriate.

🌸 Child protective behaviours such as tricky people and tricky behaviours, safe and unsafe touch, safety networks, consent, early warning signs and saying no.

Kristi McVee has spent over 14 years fighting child sexual abuse from the front lines and now utilises her experiences as a police officer and child abuse detective to teach all she knows about child abuse prevention to parents, caregivers, educators and the community.

Connect with Kristi:

💫 Find her on Instagram: @kristimcvee

💫 Visit her website: Child Abuse Prevention + Education Australia

💫 Visit her TikTok: tiktokcop81

💫 Listen to The CAPE Podcast: Apple or on Spotify

Let's Connect!

Want to feel joy in your teaching again (and not like you're spending every moment putting out behaviour spot fires)? Join the waitlist for my course: The Behaviour Reset

Want to know how to respond to baffling behaviours better? Download my free guide with 90 behaviour scripts

Join me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

On today's episode, I speak with Kristi McVee, the founder of Child Abuse Prevention + Education Australia (CAPE), about child safety and abuse prevention education. Drawing from her experience working in the police force, as well as a child abuse detective, Kristi unpacks the importance of preventative measures in childhood abuse and the role that educators play in this. 

Kristi and I discuss:

🌸Myths around childhood abuse and the prevalence of abuse in Australia.

🌸The critical role of prevention.

🌸Grooming and signs to look out for.

🌸The importance of a protective behaviour curriculum that is developmentally appropriate.

🌸Child protective behaviours such as tricky people and tricky behaviours, safe and unsafe touch, safety networks, consent, early warning signs and saying no.

🌸Mandatory reporting and signs/behaviours we can look out for.

Kristi McVee has spent over 14 years fighting child sexual abuse from the front lines and now utilises her experiences as a police officer and child abuse detective to teach all she knows about child abuse prevention to parents, caregivers, educators and the community.

Connect with Kristi:

💫 Send her an email: [email protected]

💫 Find her on Instagram: @kristimcvee

💫 Visit her website: Child Abuse Prevention + Education Australia

💫 Visit her TikTok: tiktokcop81

💫 Listen to The CAPE Podcast: Apple or on Spotify

Join the Little Bloom community:

💫Send me an email: [email protected] 

💫Find me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

💫 Connect with me on LinkedIn: Danica See

💫 Visit my website: Little Bloom Consultancy

On today’s episode I speak with Amie Fabry about her work and advocacy in early years leadership. More than this, Amie goes deep into discussing how we can each become a champion in the early years. 

Amie and I discuss:

🌸 What makes for an effective leader (hint: it’s more than a checklist!)?

🌸 Amie’s advice for navigating unsupportive leadership as well as tips for aspiring early years champions. 

🌸 Feelings of disconnect, tension and dichotomy - it’s not us vs. them.

🌸 The role of values, belonging, agency, community and being heard.

🌸 What to do when passion isn’t quite enough. 

Dr Amie Fabry is a passionate early childhood educator, facilitator and researcher who is committed to empowering leaders to transform pedagogical practice. A rising star in the education sector, Amie uses a strengths-based approach to build the confidence, knowledge and skills of early childhood educators, teachers and leaders to create responsive and trusting cultures in which educators and children thrive.

Connect with Amie:

💫 Find her on Instagram: @amiefabry_earlyyears

💫 Connect with her on LinkedIn: Amie Fabry

Let's Connect!

Want to feel joy in your teaching again (and not like you're spending every moment putting out behaviour spot fires)? Join the waitlist for my course: The Behaviour Reset

Want to know how to respond to baffling behaviours better? Download my free guide with 90 behaviour scripts

Join me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

On today's episode I speak with Amie Fabry from The Learning Future about her work and advocacy in early years leadership. More than this, Amie goes deep into discussing how we can each become a champion in the early years. 

Amie and I discuss:

🌸What led Amie to her interest in early years leadership? 

🌸What makes for an effective leader (hint: it's more than a checklist!)?

🌸Amie's advice for navigating unsupportive leadership as well as tips for aspiring early years champions. 

🌸Feelings of disconnect, tension and dichotomy - it's not us vs. them.

🌸The role of values, belonging, agency, community and being heard.

🌸What to do when passion isn't quite enough. 

Dr Amie Fabry is a passionate early childhood educator, facilitator and researcher who is committed to empowering leaders to transform pedagogical practice. A rising star in the education sector, Amie uses a strengths-based approach to build the confidence, knowledge and skills of early childhood educators, teachers and leaders to create responsive and trusting cultures in which educators and children thrive.

Connect with Amie:

💫Send her an email: [email protected]

💫 Find her on Instagram: @amiefabry_earlyyears

💫 Connect with her on LinkedIn: Amie Fabry

Join the Little Bloom community:

💫Send me an email: [email protected] 

💫Find me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

💫 Connect with me on LinkedIn: Danica See

💫 Visit my website: Little Bloom Consultancy

On today’s episode I speak with Em Gentle from The Grad Guide. Em and I joke that we’re the same person as we so often share the same views, values, beliefs and frustrations as one another. This conversation came about through our shared frustration in the way that the media has currently been sensationalising classroom behaviour with headlines targeted at placing blame on whoever they can (teachers, children, parents.. nobody is immune) as well as the hype they’ve created around what’s being called a behaviour curriculum, referring to it as old school discipline. 

Join Em and I as we share our opinions and frustrations not only on this media hype but about the real question - do we actually need a behaviour curriculum? 

Em and I discuss:

🌸 The media’s sensationalism of a behaviour curriculum and its potential harm to effective education.

🌸 The implications of a behaviour curriculum and what it really means for teachers and students.

🌸 The importance of holistic child development and proactive teaching methods.

🌸 The need for a shift towards relationship-based approaches in education that challenge punitive disciplinary measures.

🌸 Strategies for effectively supporting children's emotional and behavioural development without resorting to outdated punitive measures.

Em is doing powerful things in the space of supporting graduate teachers with her membership and courses offered through The Grad Guide. I am led to believe, however, that some incredibly exciting changes are close on the horizon as Em is preparing to shift gears and set her sights on world domination (ok, I joke, but it’s close). If you’re keen to watch it all unfold, connect with her via Insta. 

Word of caution - this episode contains very mild explicit language. 

Connect with Em:

💫 Find her on Instagram: @em_gentle

💫 Visit her website: The Grad Guide

Let's Connect!

Want to feel joy in your teaching again (and not like you're spending every moment putting out behaviour spot fires)? Join the waitlist for my course: The Behaviour Reset

Want to know how to respond to baffling behaviours better? Download my free guide with 90 behaviour scripts

Join me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

On today's episode I speak with Em Gentle from The Grad Guide. Em and I joke that we're the same person as we so often share the same views, values, beliefs and frustrations as one another. This conversation came about through our shared frustration in the way that the media has currently been sensationalising classroom behaviour with headlines targeted at placing blame on whoever they can (teachers, children, parents.. nobody is immune) as well as the hype they've created around what's being called a behaviour curriculum, referring to it as old school discipline. 

Join Em and I as we share our opinions and frustrations not only on this media hype but about the real question - do we actually need a behaviour curriculum? 

Em and I discuss:

🌸 The media's sensationalism of a behaviour curriculum and its potential harm to effective education.

🌸 The implications of a behaviour curriculum and what it really means for teachers and students.

🌸 The importance of holistic child development and proactive teaching methods.

🌸 The need for a shift towards relationship-based approaches in education that challenge punitive disciplinary measures.

🌸 Strategies for effectively supporting children's emotional and behavioural development without resorting to outdated punitive measures.

Em is doing powerful things in the space of supporting graduate teachers with her membership and courses offered through The Grad Guide. I am led to believe, however, that some incredibly exciting changes are close on the horizon as Em is preparing to shift gears and set her sights on world domination (ok, I joke, but it's close). If you're keen to watch it all unfold, connect with her via Insta. 

Word of caution - this episode contains very mild explicit language. 

Connect with Em:

💫 Send her an email: [email protected] 

💫 Find her on Instagram: @em_gentle

💫 Connect with her on LinkedIn: Emma Gentle

💫 Visit her website: The Grad Guide

Join the Little Bloom community:

💫 Send me an email: [email protected] 

💫 Find me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

💫 Connect with me on LinkedIn: Danica See

💫 Visit my website: Little Bloom Consultancy

On today’s episode I speak with Elise Disher - an early childhood consultant and teacher with oodles of experience in supporting not only young children but the families and educators that support them. Today we’re delving into a concept that not only provides a critical lens through which we view and support behavior but also holds lifelong implications for children’s holistic wellbeing - attachment.

Elise and I discuss:

🌸 What is attachment and why is it crucial for young children?

🌸 How can we become attuned and responsive educators and navigate the delicate balance between being a do-er and a be-er.

🌸 Tangible ways to bridge the divide between home and care spaces.

🌸 How we can support children transition into new spaces through the lens of attachment.

🌸 Leaning into trusting the process of attachment.

Elise is a mum of two and an Early Childhood Consultant and Teacher. Her mission is to create a movement in the way we educate and raise children so together we can improve the mental health outcomes of our next generation. Elise is passionate about promoting the importance of healthy attachment and developmentally responsive and attuned approaches in the first five years of life - she is BIG ON LITTLE PEOPLE! 

Connect with Elise:

💫 Send her an email: [email protected] 

💫 Find her on Instagram: @elisedisher.ed

💫 Visit her website: UMe Play

Let's Connect!

Want to feel joy in your teaching again (and not like you're spending every moment putting out behaviour spot fires)? Join the waitlist for my course: The Behaviour Reset

Want to know how to respond to baffling behaviours better? Download my free guide with 90 behaviour scripts

Join me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

On today's episode I speak with Elise Disher - an early childhood consultant and teacher with oodles of experience in supporting not only young children but the families and educators that support them. Today we're delving into a concept that not only provides a critical lens through which we view and support behavior but also holds lifelong implications for children's holistic wellbeing - attachment.

Elise and I discuss:

🌸 Which happy accident led to Elise falling into early childhood education? 

🌸 What is attachment and why is it crucial for young children?

🌸 How can we become attuned and responsive educators and navigate the delicate balance between being a do-er and a be-er.

🌸 Tangible ways to bridge the divide between home and care spaces.

🌸 How we can support children transition into new spaces through the lens of attachment.

🌸 Leaning into trusting the process of attachment.

Elise is a mum of two and an Early Childhood Consultant and Teacher. Her mission is to create a movement in the way we educate and raise children so together we can improve the mental health outcomes of our next generation. Elise is passionate about promoting the importance of healthy attachment and developmentally responsive and attuned approaches in the first five years of life - she is BIG ON LITTLE PEOPLE! 

Connect with Elise:

💫 Send her an email: [email protected] 

💫 Find her on Instagram: @elisedisher.ed

💫 Visit her website: UMe Play

Join the Little Bloom community:

💫 Send me an email: [email protected] 

💫 Find me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

💫 Connect with me on LinkedIn: Danica See

💫 Visit my website: Little Bloom Consultancy

On today’s episode I speak with Jess Demetrious, the founder of Raising Resilience Mornington Peninsula. So often I’m asked about how we can best support young children experiencing separation anxiety, so I’ve taken the question to a child mental health advocate and expert!

Jess and I discuss:

🌸 What separation anxiety feels like for a child and what’s going on inside the brain of a child experiencing it

🌸 Language we can use to support children that’s helpful (and unhelpful)

🌸 Why it’s important to provide space for all emotions - even the big ones

🌸 How separation anxiety can manifest for children (hint: it’s not always retreating like we’re led to believe!)

🌸 The role (and power) of play and movement in moving through feelings of separation anxiety

For our chat, Jess had actually created a wonderful resource to support those of you supporting children experiencing separation anxiety - but we got so carried away with our discussion that we forgot to touch on it! You can download it via the link below.

Jess has a Bachelor of Social Science (amongst other training) and a background working in Case Management, Counselling, and Student Wellbeing and is on a mission to support families to build resilience and emotional intelligence so that they feel empowered & equipped to face life's inevitable curveballs with confidence. Currently, Jess supports parents and any professionals working with families through psychoeducational workshops and also works as a Parenting Consultant at Childhood Rising where she provides 1:1 nuanced support for each unique family she meets with. Jess is a mum to two wonderful little people and deeply understands both the beauty and the heartache that can be felt as a parent which is why all of her services are jam-packed with compassion.

Connect with Jess

💫 Send her an email: [email protected]

💫 Find her on Instagram: @raisingresilience_mornington

💫 Visit her website: Raising Resilience

💫 Download a copy of 'Using S.P.A.C.E. to support a child experiencing separation anxiety'

Let's Connect!

Want to feel joy in your teaching again (and not like you're spending every moment putting out behaviour spot fires)? Join the waitlist for my course: The Behaviour Reset

Want to know how to respond to baffling behaviours better? Download my free guide with 90 behaviour scripts

Join me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

On today's episode I speak with Jess Demetrious, the founder of Raising Resilience Mornington Peninsula. So often I'm asked about how we can best support young children experiencing separation anxiety, so I've taken the question to a child mental health advocate and expert!

Jess and I discuss:

🌸 What separation anxiety feels like for a child and what's going on inside the brain of a child experiencing it.

🌸 Language we can use to support children that's helpful (and unhelpful).

🌸 Why it's important to provide space for all emotions - even the big ones.

🌸 How separation anxiety can manifest for children (hint: it's not always retreating like we're led to believe!). 

🌸 The role (and power) of play and movement in moving through feelings of separation anxiety.

For our chat, Jess had actually created a wonderful resource to support those of you suppporting children experiencing separation anxiety - but we got so carried away withour discussion that we forgot to touch on it! You can download it via the link below.

Jess has a Bachelor of Social Science (amongst other training) and a background working in Case Management, Counselling, and Student Wellbeing and is on a mission to support families to build resilience and emotional intelligence so that they feel empowered & equipped to face life's inevitable curveballs with confidence. Currently, Jess supports parents and any professionals working with families through psychoeducational workshops and also works as a Parenting Consultant at Childhood Rising where she provides 1:1 nuanced support for each unique family she meets with. Jess is a mum to two wonderful little people and deeply understands both the beauty and the heartache that can be felt as a parent which is why all of her services are jam-packed with compassion.

Connect with Jess:

💫 Send her an email: [email protected]

💫 Find her on Instagram: @raisingresilience_mornington

💫 Visit her website: Raising Resilience

💫 Download a copy of 'Using S.P.A.C.E. to support a child experiencing separation anxiety'

Join the Little Bloom community:

💫 Send me an email: [email protected] 

💫 Find me on Instagram: @littlebloom.consultancy

💫 Connect with me on LinkedIn: Danica See

💫 Visit my website: Little Bloom Consultancy