Welcome to Early Childhood Intervention Australia (ECIA) Queensland Chapter

ECIA Qld hosts 

Thinking Beyond Behaviour
Behaviour management from the inside out

Saturday 3 June 2017

Essential learning for teachers who want to think and understand beyond the behavioural paradigm. 

How understanding the emotional world of children affects understanding of behaviour

• Participants will consider emotional development of children and strategies for facilitating occupational performance in educational settings
   
• How understanding sensory functioning helps us to understand behaviour
  Consider differing sensory processing profiles and the implications upon  children’s participation in educational settings. Participants will develop approaches for supporting children’s differing sensory needs 
   
• How understanding the emotional world of parents helps us understand behaviour
  Consider issues such as separation anxiety and approaches for educators in supporting both parents and children
   
• Applying this understanding within a sensory attachment framework
  Including practical, hands-on strategies for supporting children and their families within early education settings

Saturday 3 June 2017
Registration 8:30am. Workshop sessions from 9:00am to 12:30pm

Venue : Boulevard Gardens, 284 Witton Rd, Indooroopilly, Brisbane

Cost: $80 MEMBERS $90 NON MEMBERS
includes a light morning tea


You can register and pay for this event here.

You can download the information and registration form here. 

Presenter Sarah Broderick is an occupational therapist whose focus is on the holistic needs of children and their families. Her occupational therapy skills are unique as she has training addressing the developmental and social emotional needs of children. The psychosocial aspect of her practice involves working closely with parents to better understand their child’s behaviour and think about supporting them when their child’s behaviours are not in line with the best needs for their child’s development. She participates regularly in professional development, through mentoring, informal research and courses related to resilience, sensory attachment intervention, sensory processing, child and family therapy and other relationship based interventions addressing social emotional needs of children and their families.
 

 Registrations close Wed 31 May 2017.  

SAVE THE DATE

The International Society on Early Intervention (ISEI) is pleased to invite researchers and practitioners in ECI and related fields to participate in our conference to be held in Sydney, Australia, June 25-29, 2019. The ISEI conference will be held in conjunction with Early Childhood Intervention Australia, the major professional body in this field in Australia. 
The ISEI Conference has a strong history of bringing together experts from all around the world. This is the first time that this conference will be held in the Southern Hemisphere. Previous conferences have been held in Stockholm, St. Petersburg, New York, Zagreb, and Rome. 
We look forward to welcoming you to Sydney in June 2019 at what we expect will be an extraordinary experience for us all, providing a unique opportunity for networking among researchers and practitioners.

Coral Kemp, Ph.D., Chair, Scientific Program Committee
Denise Luscombe, MPhty(Paeds), Chair, Local Organising Committee
Michael Guralnick, Ph.D., Chair, ISEI 

KEY DATES
Call for papers open: 1 June 2018
Call for papers deadline: 1 October 2018
Registration opens: 12 November 2018
Early bird deadline: 1 March 2019

International Society of Early Intervention (ISEI 2019)
25 - 29 June 2019 | International Convention Centre Sydney, Australia
Phone: + 61 2 9954 4400 Email: isei2019@dcconferences.com.au
Web: www.dcconferences.com.au/isei2019

Working with Children and Families with complex social emotional needs :
Practical strategies for engagement in an early years classroom or service

  Saturday 18 March 2017

ECIA Qld proudly presents a unique and interactive presentation that will explore the current issues faced by professionals working with complex children and families. 

The session will discuss and explore

• The changing dynamics and challenges faced by families in the 21st century. Including issues surrounding lack of resources, motivation and situational difficulties
• Building a framework for working with complex children, based on a sound understanding of Attachment Theory. Early childhood/paediatric mental health, including information on trauma, brain development, effects of early childhood experiences
• Emotional regulation and neuro plasticity
• Sensory strategies in a practical format including what is effective, non - effective, challenges and ideas
• Practical strategies to utilise in classrooms/services
• Community services currently offering alternatives including ASD, Early Intervention Mental Health, Behavioural Support, and Holistic Family Support NDIS

This session will allow participants to share experiences, thoughts and ideas throughout.

This session is relevant for anyone working with young children and families with challenging behaviour and support needs.

Presenter Sam Whybrow is a Social Worker working as the Clinical Services Manager of the Poppy Centre which is a new paediatric mental health service in Ipswich. Sam’s work experience over the past 10 years has included social work roles within Education Queensland, Queensland Health, Edmund Rice Flexible Learning Network as well as other Non –Government Organisations.

 Please note this session is SOLD OUT. 

If you would be interested in attending this session at another time, 
please email eciaqld@bigpond.com with your details. 

 You will be contacted if another session is scheduled. 

Are you a member of ECIA Qld?

2017 memberships are now available, Click Here to download our 2017 Registration Form or Click Here create an account online and pay via PayPal.

ECIA Qld membership offers you discounted entry to Professional Development sessions, and is only $50 inc GST for 12 months.

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 It's an issue close to the actor's heart.

By Alyssa Braithwaite

ECIA launches toolkit for families, communities & service providers navigating the NDIS

 The Inclusion Hub is a new online tool to support Australian families, communities ad practictioners with the resources they need to ttake control of their journet with the National Diability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

With the NDIS now being rolled our across Ausralia, it's importnat that ECI providers, families and our communitities know how to navigate it.

ECIA's early childhood intervention experts have selected all the best available online tools and resources to assist families with children with disability and/or developmental delays better navigate the NDIS. The online space has been designed to make it easy for families, educators, medical professionals and the community to search for answers regarding the NDIS in one place. 

A practical and evolving set of tools, the website includes overviews and articles, a glossary, newsletters, website links, checklists, downloads, a resource directory and more. 

Visit The Inclusion Hub. 

TRANSITION TO SCHOOL

Resource

Starting school is an important milestone in any child and family’s life. For families of children with developmental delay or disability, transition to school requires additional thought, time, planning and support to make the process as smooth and positive as possible. 

Visit http://www.transitiontoschoolresource.org.au/  

 Early intervention best practice guidelines now available

Wednesday 27 April 2016 

New National Guidelines for Best Practice in Early Childhood Intervention  are now available. 

The first standards of their kind in Australia, the guidelines equip health professionals and educators with the information they need to help any child fulfil their potential. 

Informed by national and international research, the guidelines provide evidenced-based recommendations to improve practices across Australia’s early childhood intervention services. 

Ultimately, the guidelines will make it easier for families and children to access consistent and equitable childhood disability services, wherever they are in Australia – from service providers large or small, in rural, remote or regional areas. 

Developed through two years of close consultation with the sector, the guidelines will also support early childhood intervention services prepare for the rollout of the NDIS. 

Read more or download the guidelines.

What is Early Intervention? 

Early intervention services are important for all children with a disability. They can help your child develop skills in play, communication, social relationships and functional behaviours. They can also help increase your child's independance and ability to adapt to their environment and improve their readiness to particiapte in childcare, kindergarten and school. 

For more information about accessing intervention support, both formal and informal go to the Queensland Government Early Intervention page. 

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The Queensland Chapter of Early Childhood Intervention Australia is a non-profit, self-funded organisation that was established in 1992.

Early Childhood Intervention Australia is a nationally recognised association and comprises of members from each of the states and territory of Australia.

Early Childhood Intervention Australia represents parents and professionals supporting and promoting early childhood intervention services for children with disabilities and their families.

Early Childhood Intervention Australia promotes quality research that informs regarding the development, implementation and evaluation of practices in Australia.

Early Childhood Intervention Australia provides a national focus and forum, promotes the public profile of Early Childhood Intervention, facilitates effective liaison and advocacy in the community, and fosters quality information and service provisions.

The Queensland Chapter of Early Childhood Intervention Australia was established in 1992 and has a membership that includes early childhood educators from all sectors of the community, therapists, tertiary students, and other professionals as well as parents of children with disabilities.

The aims of the Early Childhood Intervention Australia Queensland Chapter are to:

• Provide a state forum for communicating and sharing information, philosophies and practices relating to the provision of early intervention services in Queensland.
• Raise awareness in Queensland of the nature, role and importance of early childhood intervention services.
• Raise awareness in Queensland of the complimentary roles played by generic and specialist early childhood services in meeting the needs of young children with developmental delays or disabilities and their families.
• Promote a statewide approach to the training of professional development of staff involved in the provision of early childhood intervention services.