Guiding Behaviour: Supporting the Developing Child

  • Authors: Anthony Semann & Isabella van Gelder
  • Level: Foundational
  • Estimated study time:
    8 hours
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Course overview
A five-part, practice-based course helping early childhood educators understand what behaviour is communicating, respond with confidence and consistency, and create the conditions children need to regulate, connect and succeed.
  • Estimated viewing time: 3½ hours
  • Check understanding: short quizzes
  • Access to ongoing support through live professional reflection sessions

Course at a glance

Included with this course

  • Five self-paced learning modules
  • Downloadable tools and resources
  • Guided reflection activities
  • Knowledge checks
  • Live Professional Reflection Sessions

You'll explore

  • Behaviour as communication
  • Self-regulation and co-regulation
  • Responsive relationships
  • Supportive learning environments
  • Working in partnership with families

In your practice

  • Respond with greater confidence
  • Understand what behaviour is communicating
  • Strengthen relationships with children
  • Reduce reactive responses
  • Create environments where children can thrive

Learning doesn't stop when the course does.

Every enrolment includes access to live Professional Reflection Sessions, facilitated by a Semann & Slattery specialist. These interactive group sessions bring educators together to reflect on their learning, explore questions from practice and learn alongside colleagues from across Australia.
Join a session whenever it is most valuable in your learning journey. Whether you've just started the course or recently completed it, you'll have the opportunity to deepen your thinking and connect learning with everyday practice.

Because real, meaningful change happens when learning becomes everyday practice.
"Children's behaviour is not a problem to be fixed. It is communication to be understood. When we change the way we see behaviour, we change the way children experience us."
Anthony semann