Course Summary
This course on dealing with challenging behaviors emphasizes key principles for educators. It covers the importance of observing and understanding students' behavior, avoiding hasty judgments, identifying root causes, and responding with empathy and firmness. The course advocates for proactive measures, such as establishing a respectful classroom environment and consistent behavior expectations, to prevent challenging behaviors from escalating. Overall, the goal is to teach responsibility and create a safe learning environment.
You will learn:
- the considerations to make when approaching students exhibiting challenging behaviours
- to implement effective behaviour management through observation, determining the cause of the behaviour and understanding student perspectives.
- to think about the best way to respond before taking action
- the importance of careful observation before addressing a student's behaviour.
Course time:
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Alignment to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards:
This course is mapped to the following Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL). Your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority.
- 3.5.2 Use effective classroom communication.
- 4.3.2 Manage challenging behaviour.
- 4.4.2 Ensure students’ well-being and safety within school by implementing school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Certificate of completion:
You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.
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Course Content
Things To Consider When Dealing With Challenging Behaviours
Course Instructor
Your instructor Hayley Sommeling-Farrugia is an experienced Early Years Educator, Primary School Teacher, and Instructional Designer for Cool. Hayley is an expert at developing content that considers the educational journey from start to finish, as she knows first-hand the experiences, knowledge and challenges of the educators.
This course has been designed in consultation with experts in education and wellbeing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I log this PD with my State's teaching authority?
Yes! Our courses are mapped to the Australian Professional Teacher Standards (AITSL), and your completion can be logged as elective PD hours with your state's teaching regulatory authority. To do this, grab your certificate of completion from your personal dashboard once the course is complete.
- 3.5.2 Use effective classroom communication.
- 4.3.2 Manage challenging behaviour.
- 4.4.2 Ensure students’ well-being and safety within school by implementing school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
How long will this take to complete?
About 30 to 45 minutes - perfect for after work or during a spare period. You will have ongoing access via your user dashboard.
Will I get proof of completion?
You will get a Cool.org certificate when you finish to prove that you have completed this course. You can access this certificate (and your course progress!) anytime via your personal dashboard.
Is this course accredited?
While this course is not accredited by state teaching authorities, it is mapped to the national Professional Standards for Teachers. This means that you can log this course with your state regulatory authority as elective PD hours.
- 3.5.2 Use effective classroom communication.
- 4.3.2 Manage challenging behaviour.
- 4.4.2 Ensure students’ well-being and safety within school by implementing school and/or system, curriculum and legislative requirements.
Who are the instructors?
This course is designed by Cool.org's team of education specialists, in consultation with teachers, principals, psychologists, counsellors, and scientists.
Our team continually reviews and refines our resources to align with changes to the Australian Curriculum and best educational practice, so you can be sure your learning is at the cutting edge of education theory.
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