Who should attend
This course is relevant to a wide range of professionals including but not limited to EPC employees, Maternal Child Health Nurses, Early Childhood Educators, Midwives and Paediatric Nurses, Paediatricians, Kindergarten Teachers, Department of Education, Local Government (Family & Children Services, Playgroups, Libraries, Kindergartens, Child Protection etc.), Family Services, Mental Health workers, Students doing a TAFE/University Course in a related field already i.e. not already working in the field
What you will learn
On completion of this course participants will be able to:
- Critically analyse and synthesise the historical, legislative, practice and theoretical factors that influence early parenting experiences for parents/carers with children under 4 years of age.
- Understand the importance of building parenting confidence and capacity and apply theoretical approaches that foster this in early parenting.
- Analyse approaches adopted in early parenting that empower the parenting role and optimise child outcomes.
- Consider early parenting through a culturally diverse lens, including Indigenous knowledge and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse communities to ensure diversity and culture are welcomed, celebrated and safe.
- Analyse and synthesise the evidence that informs child safety, applying this knowledge in promoting child safety via parent education and responding to child safety concerns when identified.
Program structure
WEEK 1 – ONLINE
- Parenting – concept and purpose
- Historical and contemporary influences on parenting
- Evolution of early parenting support and services
- Parents today: challenges and aspirations
WEEK 2 – ONLINE
- Early parenting theoretical underpinnings
- Early Parenting approaches and principles
- Applying evidenced ways of working with families today
WEEK 3 – ONLINE
- Parenting confidence, self-efficacy, capacity and confidence
- Family-led parenting: Consumer voice and engagement
WEEK 4 – ONLINE
- Health promotion and prevention in early parenting
- Parents as children's earliest health promoters
WEEK 5 – ONLINE
- Self-directed assessment preparation
WEEK 6 – ONLINE
- The importance of children’s first relationships
- Shaping child brain architecture
WEEK 7 – ONLINE
- Inclusive early parenting practice: embracing diversity, culture and individuality
WEEK 8 – ONLINE
- Quality and Safety in early parenting
- Identifying and responding to risk
- Keeping children safe
WEEK 9 – ONLINE
- Trauma-informed early parenting practice
WEEK 10 – ONLINE
- Optimising child outcomes
- Outcome-informed early parenting
WEEK 11 – ON-SITE
- Assessment completion in person
WEEK 12 – ONLINE
- Social connectedness
- Enhancing early parenting experiences through social connection
WEEK 13 – ONLINE
- Self-directed assessment preparation
Accelerate your qualification
Eligible participants who complete the micro-credential can receive 6 credit points of unspecified credit towards the future Graduate Certificate of Early Parenting.
Note: Successful completion of a micro-credential does not guarantee admission into an award course. Prospective students must meet the eligibility and admission requirements for the award course. A micro-credential can only be used as credit towards a single degree on one occasion, and is valid for 7 years.
For more details please email pgradenq@monash.edu or shortcourses.depm@monash.edu
