Grow With Us - Catch Up

How Not To Stuff Up Your Kids – Dr Billy Garvey

Join developmental paediatrician, Dr Billy Garvey, on a super webinar – “how not to stuff up your kids”.

There is so much we can do to promote positive child development and mental health for the children we support. In this webinar Dr Garvey will discuss how to guide our children using the evidence in a practical way that gives them (AND US) the best opportunity to reach their potential and succeed in living rich and meaningful lives.

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Childhood First Aid

We have partnered with Australian Pacific Training Solutions to deliver an intro childhood first aid session. The webinar covers – Infant and Child CPR overview Managing choking in infants and children Recognising and responding to anaphylaxis Head injuries in children Childhood rashes Fevers and febrile convulsions Identifying Symptoms of Serious Illness in young children and infants:

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Common Mental Health & Development Differences

This session provides a great opportunity for you to hear from trusted Child Psychiatrist Dr Kaylene Henderson about some of the mental health conditions and developmental differences that we might notice in our 0-5’s. What might autism or ADHD look like in little ones? How about anxiety? And how do we know if a child’s slow-to-develop speech is considered ‘delayed’?

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Unlocking Healthy Habits

Watch our Grow With Us parenting webinar with OAC Active Program Manager, Chloe Beer. Chloe will take you through some great tips & advice on unlocking healthy habits & “ditching the pram for the scooter”.

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Steps to Toilet Training

Only About Children Occupational Therapist, Ellyce Pryor, talks all things toileting from when to start, what to look for to tell you your child may be ready and strategies to support your child mastering the move from nappies. You can also read the supporting article here.

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Building Your Relationship With Your Child (And Why It Really Matters!)

Decades of research tells us that children who form close secure relationships with their parents and caregivers in their early years gain a range of important, lifelong advantages. Only About Children parenting expert and Child Psychiatrist, Dr Kaylene Henderson, provides practical tips for building a close relationship with your child that will provide lifelong advantages. You can also read the supporting article here.

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Everyone’s School Ready

Michelle Bathgate, Pedagogical Lead at OAC, interviews an Assistant Principal from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Primary School, West Pymble for this School Readiness webinar. This session will explore: How to support the whole family for the transition of starting school. Tips and ideas on ways you can help your child transition with the best possible start to school. What a child’s experience might look like over the first 6 weeks of starting school and tips for families to best support their child through this time.

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Practical Tips To Encourage Cooperative Behaviour In Toddlers

Only About Children parenting expert and Child Psychiatrist, Dr Kaylene Henderson, provides practical tips and insights to encourage cooperative behaviour in toddlers. You can also read the supporting article here.

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Settling into Childcare/Transitioning Rooms

Join parenting specialist and Child Psychiatrist, Dr Kaylene Henderson, with practical tips to support your child through the transitions of settling into childcare or transitioning rooms. You can also read the supporting article here.

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Raising Children with More Than One Language

Only About Children Speech Pathologist, Sarah Kappel, provides practical information and tips on how to support your child’s communication skills across multiple languages. This insightful webinar discusses common myths about bilingualism as well as what to expect from your child’s language development. You can also read the supporting article here. 

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Managing Anxiety & Building Resilience

Exploring STEM In Infants & Toddlers

In this exciting, new webinar from Jenny Kable, OAC Education Business Partner and popular early childhood blogger, we explore the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics in the early years of a child’s life and ways it can be incorporated through child’s play. You can also read the supporting article here.

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Managing Meltdowns & Emotions

Dr Kaylene Henderson, Child Psychiatrist and Only About Children Parenting Expert helps with tops tips on managing meltdowns and emotions. You can also read the supporting article here.

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Grief And Loss: Supporting Your Child Through Divorce, Death And Other Big Life Changes

Helping our young children to understand and navigate the death of a loved one, our separation or divorce or one of the other big changes life can sometimes throw at us, can feel incredibly daunting. Join Dr Kaylene Henderson, Child Psychiatrist and parenting expert, for this special webinar in which she shares her practical tips for guiding your little ones through life’s bigger challenges. You can also read the supporting article here.

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