Big Feelings, Little People: Supporting Emotional Growth and Challenging Behaviours

Understanding the Emotional Brain: Your Essential Guide to Supporting Children's Biggest Challenges

Every educator needs this session! Emotional development isn't just one piece of the puzzle—it's the foundation that supports every other area of a child's growth. And here's the critical window: neuroscience reveals that the brain is most receptive to learning emotional regulation during the first three years of life.

What You'll Discover

Journey inside the developing brain to understand exactly how emotions form, process, and drive behaviour. Kate will guide you through the fascinating neuroscience that explains why children respond the way they do—and more importantly, how your interactions shape their capacity for emotional control.

You'll move beyond surface-level behaviour management to truly understand what's happening beneath those big feelings. When you grasp how emotional development unfolds through everyday experiences and relationships, you'll see challenging moments in an entirely new light.

Practical Skills You'll Gain