Attachment, Connection, and Emotional Security

INDIVIDUAL - $129

TEAM - $599

Attachment, Connection & Emotional Security
Sessions
​Wednesday 23rd September 2026
6:00pm - 8:00pm - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
6:00pm - 8:00pm - Western Australia

Thursday 24th September 2026
6:30pm - 8:30pm - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania
6:00pm - 8:00pm - South Australia, Northern Territory

INDIVIDUAL - $129
TEAM - $599

Team is for an Individual Early Learning Team

Overview
This deeply reflective and empowering course invites educators to explore the heart of early childhood practice—relationships. Grounded in attachment theory, it unpacks how secure, responsive, and emotionally attuned connections shape children’s brain development, behaviour, sense of self, and lifelong wellbeing. Educators will be guided to move beyond surface-level responses, developing the confidence and emotional insight to truly see, understand, and support each child.
Through a blend of theory, reflection, and practical strategies, this course supports educators to create calm, connected, and emotionally safe environments where children feel secure, valued, and ready to learn. It honours the powerful role educators play as both a secure base and safe haven, while nurturing a deeper understanding of co-regulation, trust, and connection in everyday moments.

What Educators Will Learn

• A rich understanding of attachment theory, including the work of Bowlby and Ainsworth
• How early relationships shape brain development, behaviour, and emotional wellbeing
• Recognising and responding to secure and insecure attachment patterns
• Seeing behaviour as communication, guided by underlying emotional needs
• The role of the educator as a consistent, responsive, and emotionally available presence
• Co-regulation strategies to support children through big emotions
• Creating predictable, nurturing environments that foster safety and trust
• Supporting children through separation anxiety, transitions, and moments of distress with sensitivity and confidence

Module 1: Understanding Attachment 

• Foundations of attachment theory (Bowlby and Ainsworth)
• Secure, avoidant, ambivalent, and disorganised attachment styles
• How attachment shapes brain development, stress response, and emotional regulation
• The impact of early relationships on behaviour, learning, and wellbeing
• The educator’s role in providing consistency, responsiveness, and emotional safety
• Reflecting on yourself as a secure base in children’s daily experiences

Module 2: Behaviour Through an Attachment Lens 

• Reframing behaviour as communication of underlying emotional need
• Understanding behaviours such as withdrawal, aggression, clinginess, and dysregulation
• Identifying possible attachment-related drivers behind behaviour
• Responding with empathy rather than reactivity or correction
• Strengthening connection as the foundation for guiding behaviour
• Building trust through calm, intentional, relationship-based interactions

Module 3: Co-Regulation & Connection Strategies
Understanding co-regulation as the foundation of self-regulation

• The role of tone, body language, proximity, and presence in emotional support
• Supporting children through big emotions in real-time moments
• “Being with” children rather than rushing to fix or redirect
• Using rhythm, routine, and relational safety to support regulation
• Building educator confidence in holding emotional space

Module 4: Creating Secure, Connected Environments 

• Embedding attachment-informed practice into daily routines and environments
• Creating predictable structures that support emotional safety
• Supporting transitions, separation moments, and reunions with care
• Strengthening relationships with families to support continuity of care
• Designing environments where children feel seen, safe, and valued
• Building a culture of belonging, trust, and connection across the service