Regulatory Authority Priority Series - Regulation 155 & 156 Interactions with children and young people

Facilitated by Rarni Rothwell

The Queensland Early Childhood Regulatory Authority (ECRA) is responsible for regulating the early childhood education and care sector including outside school hours care. They have a vital role in making sure children are safe and receive high-quality education and care. This series spotlights the new priority areas they announced in late 2023.

This session will focus on Positive relationships with children and young people, more specifically Regulations 155 and 156 of the Education and Care Services National Regulations.

Every child has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and listened to. Meeting these rights is critical for the healthy development of confidence and self-worth in children and for better learning outcomes.

In this session we will consider how we can ensure:

• children and young people express themselves and their opinions
• children undertake experiences that develop self-reliance and self-esteem
• we maintain at all times the dignity and rights of each child
• we give each child positive guidance and encouragement toward acceptable behaviour
• we have regard to the family and cultural values, age, and physical and intellectual development and abilities of each child being educated and cared for by the service.
• our groups strengthen interactions and positive, respectful relationships and not compromise

This session is suited to OSHC professionals at all career stages.

NQS: QA1, QA4, QA5, QA7