Early childhood education training - health and wellbeing

Child growth eLearning

The Royal Children's Hospital offers child growth e-learning resources(opens in a new window) for health professionals in Australia working with young children and families.

These resources introduce use of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Growth Standards for monitoring the growth of children from birth to two years of age.

Who is the course for?

For health professionals in Australia working with young children and families.

Learning objectives

The learning objectives for this resource are:

• to review the best practice techniques for weighing, measuring and monitoring the growth of infants and young children
• to understand the similarities and difference between growth charts used in Australia
• to understand the principles of growth monitoring, plotting and markers of growth requiring further assessment.

Body mass indicator (BMI) education resource

The BMI education resource(opens in a new window) aims to assist early childhood professionals and Maternal and Child Health nurses in tackling the risk of obesity in young children.

This resource is particularly pertinent in light of the increasing epidemic of childhood obesity and the addition of the BMI-for-age growth charts in the My Health, Learning and Development Record (Child Health record).

Respectful relationships in early childhood

Respectful Relationships in early childhood is about supporting educators to create cultures of respect, positive conflict resolution and equality in their program planning.

Respectful Relationships is an initiative to support schools and early childhood education settings to promote respect and equality. It supports Early Childhood educators to teach our children how to build healthy relationships, resilience and confidence.

Respectful relationships training

Free professional learning will be available for educators in Victorian Government-funded kindergarten programs, state-wide, in 2024. A financial contribution toward backfill is available for those attending.

The training will focus on how to build and develop respectful relationships in alignment with the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework and the National Quality Standard.

The professional learning will comprise of a two-hour self-paced online training module and a one-day online workshop. Registrations for workshops in November are now open.

For more information and to register, visit Respectful Relationships in early childhood(opens in a new window).

Anaphylaxis and allergies training

Information on training packages and courses in using Epipens and Anapens from external providers.

Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)

ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training(opens in a new window) provides ready access to anaphylaxis management education throughout Australia and New Zealand, at no charge.

The child care versions of the courses, incorporating training in the use of the adrenaline auto injection devices Epipen® and Anapen®, have been approved by ACECQA for the purposes of meeting the requirements of the National Regulations.

EpiClub

EpiClub(opens in a new window) provides a wide range of resources and information for managing the use and storage of the adrenaline auto injection device Epipen®.

Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia

Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia(opens in a new window) are a non-profit organisation that raises awareness in the Australian community about allergy. A range of items including children’s books and training resources are available from the online store on their website.

Royal Children's Hospital Anaphylaxis Advisory Line

The Royal Children's Hospital Anaphylaxis Advisory Line(opens in a new window) provides advice and support on implementing anaphylaxis legislation to education and care services and Victorian children's services. The Anaphylaxis Advisory Line is available between the hours of 8:30am to 5pm., Monday to Friday. Phone 1300 725 911 (toll free) or (03) 9345 4235.

Royal Children's Hospital, Department of Allergy and Immunology

The Royal Children's Hospital, Department of Allergy and Immunology(opens in a new window) provides information about allergies and the services provided by the hospital.

Asthma Australia provides an ‘asthma-friendly children’s service’ program to support services in understanding and managing asthma.

The foundation also provides information and resources to assist the Victorian community in reducing asthma's impact.

For more information, refer to Asthma Australia: Education and Training(opens in a new window)