We are thrilled to announce our new partnership with Act for Kids! This collaboration brings a new course offering on protective behaviours to the ECA Learning Hub that will support children and adults to identify unsafe situations, with practical advice on how to take action to increase safety within your setting. The course focuses on four key areas: feeling safe, safe choices, body safety, and people and safety.
Teaching kids about their right to feel safe, make choices about their bodies and how to get help from safe adults.
Act for Kids: Learn to be safe—Early Years
The Act for Kids Early Years Safety Threads is an evidence-led program. The Early Years Safety Threads Coaching Program empowers educators to integrate safety topics into a play-based curriculum. The Early Years Safety Threads Program is designed to build educator confidence in teaching content that is often thought to be difficult.
The Learn to be Safe—Early years progam includes:
- 1 hour online learning course
- 11 (five minute) how to videos
- access to downloadable resources
- safety thread learning guide and scripts
- videos on how to manage tricky conversations with caregivers and how to respond to protectively to disclosures in group and one-on-one settings
The early years safety threads covers:
- What is safety
- Feelings
- Warning signs
- Body autonomy & consent
- Private body parts
- Secrets
- Safety team
About Act for Kids
Act for Kids is a for-purpose organisation that delivers evidence-led professional therapy and support services to children and families who have experienced or are at risk of harm.
Our dedicated team of psychologists, speech therapists, early education specialists, counsellors, occupational therapists and family support workers have helped hundreds of thousands of children and families since 1988.
Act for Kids operates 34 centres across Australia and has a team of over 490 staff from Adelaide all the way up to the Cape York Peninsula. Our services have expanded to include integrated therapy, support for vulnerable families, special workshops to empower kids and safe houses in remote Aboriginal communities.
Through prevention, treatment, research, education and advocacy, we are committed to supporting thousands of children, young people and their families.
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