Wellbeing
Shelby Turner and Josy Reeder
You’ve been invited to:
KidsROAR Parent/Carer Information Session - 4th of September @ 7:30 - 8:30pm AEST
KidsROAR are committed to the prevention of abuse on children and adults through education on Personal Safety.
KidsROAR are conducting a FREE online information session on how parents and carers can equip children to increase their protective factors and help prevent child abuse in our community.
The session is designed for parents and carers of children 12 years old and under and includes the following topics:
- Introducing Protective Behaviours
- Statistics on abuse
- Information on offenders and the grooming process
- What children learn in a KidsROAR session
- Post session information and a list of Support Services
REGISTER AND JOIN THE SESSION USING THE LINK BELOW
Microsoft Teams Need help?
Meeting ID: 459 778 990 172
Passcode: VLJPGg
Should you have any issues with the link you can also access Teams via the website version link below and simply enter Meeting ID and Passcode
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting
Our Parent/Carer Information Session
The content covered in our Parent/Carer Information session is not suitable for children as we will share information on sexual abuse, statistics of child sexual abuse, child sex offenders and grooming. This highlights the importance of delivering body safety education to children.
The content of the Parent/Carer Information session can be sensitive in nature. See below some external support services you can reach out to for counselling and support.
Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
Lifeline: 13 11 14
We look forward to having you attend the event!
Tips from Georgina Manning
Importance of modelling calm behaviour
- Role modelling calm and relaxed behaviour is important because children watch how you deal with life on a day-to-day basis. If you get anxious easily then your child will learn how to react to minor upsets in life.
- If your child is anxious, it is also important not to get worried about their anxious behaviour as this will also be ‘catchy’. Children look to parents to role model an easy-going approach to life.
Give just as much attention to positive behaviours
- Although children need lots of emotional support when anxious such as using the reflective listening technique and helping them to use calming strategies, it is also important to give more of your attention to the times when they are having a go at something new, using a positive attitude, sharing that they are anxious but still having a go at what they are afraid of, having a go at using calming strategies, taking time out to relax, reacting calmly and so on.
- If we give more of our attention to the behaviours that are positive, then these behaviours will continue. If we only give our one on one attention to children when they are anxious, they will surely continue with anxious behaviour as they are getting a payoff for it. Although this is not at all deliberate by children, they just quickly learn that they get emotional closeness with an adult only when they are feeling anxious.
- Give lots of praise when children are trying to face their fears and when they are taking healthy risks. Give lots of praise when they have soldered on in spite of being worried about something and have been brave. Let them know how you understand how difficult it was for them, but they still did it.
Inform and Empower
Carly and Marty McGuaran from Inform and Empower are presenting a webinar on 'Reducing Chaos & Increasing Calm'. This session will provide practical ideas and strategies for reducing the chaos and increasing the calm vibes for everyone in your household. They will provide strategies to help reduce conflict through healthy communication, ideas to help your day feel less rushed and 'crazy busy' and how to make space for big feelings so your day can stay on track.
Please read the attached flyer with more information and registration details.
At OLA, we have always found these webinars easy to listen to and very informative! Join us online on Thursday 29 August at 7:30PM.
Some tips from Carley McGauran's 'How your family can thrive and not just survive' seminar.
Last night Carly shared wonderful strategies on how we can support our little people to manage their emotions.
- Allow children to feel and express their emotions by naming and taming them.
- Get curious not furious!
- Be mindful not to use our own stories to create unrealistic expectations.
- Setting our children up for success by providing them with opportunities to practise social skills.
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