Supporting Educators Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education
Supporting Educators Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education
Support Group - Thursday 31st July 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania)
6:30pm - 8:30pm South Australia, Northern Territory
6:00pm - 8:00pm Western Australia
Individual - $119 - Team - $499
Tax Deductible, Certificate received for Professional Development
Overview
This module supports early childhood educators, leaders, and services to recognise and respond to stress, anxiety, depression, and complex challenges within themselves and their teams. It includes practical strategies for supporting others, building strong mental health habits, and creating a culture where it’s safe to not be okay.
This module is designed to support early childhood educators, leaders, and services in recognising and responding to the mental health and wellbeing needs of themselves and their teams. In a profession grounded in emotional connection and care, it’s vital to acknowledge the impact of stress, anxiety, depression, and the invisible emotional load educators carry each day.
Through practical strategies, reflection tools, and supportive approaches, this module explores how to create a workplace culture where it’s safe to not be okay, and where seeking help is normalised. Topics include managing burnout, identifying personal triggers, building strong mental health habits, and responding to crisis situations with compassion and clarity. At its core, this module reminds us: educators are human first—and their wellbeing is essential for the wellbeing of children, families, and the wider team.
What Early Childhood Educators Learn:
This module is designed to support early childhood educators, leaders, and services in recognising and responding to stress, anxiety, depression, and other complex wellbeing challenges—both within themselves and their teams. In a profession grounded in care, connection, and emotional presence, it’s essential to acknowledge the invisible load educators carry each day.
Through practical strategies, personal reflection tools, and team-based approaches, this module explores how to build a mentally healthy work culture—one where it’s safe to not be okay, and where seeking support is normalised. Topics include managing burnout, identifying personal triggers, supporting colleagues in crisis, and fostering everyday wellbeing habits. At its heart, this module is a reminder: educators are human first, and their wellbeing is vital to the success of every child, team, and service.
Support with Stress
Understanding stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion
Common causes and daily impacts in early childhood settings
Practical strategies: quiet spaces, debriefs, and supportive routines
Support with Depression
Recognising depression in yourself or colleagues
Listening without needing to fix
Encouraging help-seeking and reducing stigma
Support with Anxiety
Signs of anxiety in educators and children
Supporting colleagues through anxious moments
Tools: grounding, planning support, emotional check-ins
Stress in Early Childhood
Emotional labour and vicarious trauma
The invisible load of caregiving and planning
Reducing environmental stressors like noise and chaos
Identify Your Triggers
Personal reflection on common stress triggers
Building awareness and creating a personal regulation plan
Using stress journals for self-awareness and growth
Building Strong Mental Health
Everyday habits: sleep, movement, nutrition, boundaries
Realistic self-care and supportive team culture
Normalising mental health conversations
Recognise the Beauty of Positive
Protective power of gratitude, laughter, and joy
Celebrating small wins and authentic positivity
Shifting team mindset toward strengths-based thinking
Coping Strategies
Box breathing, movement breaks, journaling, music
Creating personal coping plans
Team wellbeing toolkits and calm corners
Supporting Educators in Crisis Situations
Responding to disclosures of self-harm or suicidal thoughts
Steps to ensure safety and follow-up support
Supporting educators experiencing domestic violence
Offering resources, confidentiality, and compassion
Final Thoughts:
Mental health matters—every day, for everyone. The best teams are brave, kind, and real. Leadership is about creating safe spaces where truth is welcome, and help is available.
Support Group - Thursday 31st July 2025
6:00pm - 8:00pm AEST (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania)
6:30pm - 8:30pm South Australia, Northern Territory
6:00pm - 8:00pm Western Australia
Individual - $119 - Team - $499
Tax Deductible, Certificate received for Professional Development
Overview
This module supports early childhood educators, leaders, and services to recognise and respond to stress, anxiety, depression, and complex challenges within themselves and their teams. It includes practical strategies for supporting others, building strong mental health habits, and creating a culture where it’s safe to not be okay.
This module is designed to support early childhood educators, leaders, and services in recognising and responding to the mental health and wellbeing needs of themselves and their teams. In a profession grounded in emotional connection and care, it’s vital to acknowledge the impact of stress, anxiety, depression, and the invisible emotional load educators carry each day.
Through practical strategies, reflection tools, and supportive approaches, this module explores how to create a workplace culture where it’s safe to not be okay, and where seeking help is normalised. Topics include managing burnout, identifying personal triggers, building strong mental health habits, and responding to crisis situations with compassion and clarity. At its core, this module reminds us: educators are human first—and their wellbeing is essential for the wellbeing of children, families, and the wider team.
What Early Childhood Educators Learn:
This module is designed to support early childhood educators, leaders, and services in recognising and responding to stress, anxiety, depression, and other complex wellbeing challenges—both within themselves and their teams. In a profession grounded in care, connection, and emotional presence, it’s essential to acknowledge the invisible load educators carry each day.
Through practical strategies, personal reflection tools, and team-based approaches, this module explores how to build a mentally healthy work culture—one where it’s safe to not be okay, and where seeking support is normalised. Topics include managing burnout, identifying personal triggers, supporting colleagues in crisis, and fostering everyday wellbeing habits. At its heart, this module is a reminder: educators are human first, and their wellbeing is vital to the success of every child, team, and service.
Support with Stress
Understanding stress, burnout, and emotional exhaustion
Common causes and daily impacts in early childhood settings
Practical strategies: quiet spaces, debriefs, and supportive routines
Support with Depression
Recognising depression in yourself or colleagues
Listening without needing to fix
Encouraging help-seeking and reducing stigma
Support with Anxiety
Signs of anxiety in educators and children
Supporting colleagues through anxious moments
Tools: grounding, planning support, emotional check-ins
Stress in Early Childhood
Emotional labour and vicarious trauma
The invisible load of caregiving and planning
Reducing environmental stressors like noise and chaos
Identify Your Triggers
Personal reflection on common stress triggers
Building awareness and creating a personal regulation plan
Using stress journals for self-awareness and growth
Building Strong Mental Health
Everyday habits: sleep, movement, nutrition, boundaries
Realistic self-care and supportive team culture
Normalising mental health conversations
Recognise the Beauty of Positive
Protective power of gratitude, laughter, and joy
Celebrating small wins and authentic positivity
Shifting team mindset toward strengths-based thinking
Coping Strategies
Box breathing, movement breaks, journaling, music
Creating personal coping plans
Team wellbeing toolkits and calm corners
Supporting Educators in Crisis Situations
Responding to disclosures of self-harm or suicidal thoughts
Steps to ensure safety and follow-up support
Supporting educators experiencing domestic violence
Offering resources, confidentiality, and compassion
Final Thoughts:
Mental health matters—every day, for everyone. The best teams are brave, kind, and real. Leadership is about creating safe spaces where truth is welcome, and help is available.