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10am-10.15am: Going back to childhood!

How best to keep the child in mind? Connecting ourselves back to childhood through a childhood game (bubble)

How can we try to keep it fun during visits? To have the child's interest in mind

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Facilitators: Hannah & Lynnette

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What are your hopes and intent for learning circles?

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Symbol Reflection: Recognising that adapting to change is a journey, how are you doing now as you adapt to the revised KidSTART service model?

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Voting for Learning Circle topics

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Colour reflections: Choose a colour that represents what you feel right now

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Sharing stories and experiences of working with families with multiple children

Role play practice

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Key takeaway

Sharing of group wisdom

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LC1.2 A&B (Lyannah) Facilitating Parent-Child Interactions with More than One Child

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Star making competition

Reflection:

Rating 1-10, how motivated were you?

What motivated/reduced your motivation?

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Brainstorming with case studies:

What were some challenges identified?

What would you do?

How would you encourage or motivate the parents?

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Self-reflection:

What can you do you keep yourself motivated?

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L1B.3 (2 Oct) How to increase caregivers engagement and motivation

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10.15am-10.35am: Pair and Large Group Sharing

10mins 🡪 Break into pairs to discuss what “Keeping the Child in Mind” looks like in your practice.

10mins 🡪 Share key takeaways from the pairs with everyone.

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10.45am-11.15am: Addressing the Reality – Successes, Struggles and Strategies

Large Group Discussion: Explore situations/examples faced during HVs in terms of “Keeping the Child in Mind” and strategies used in these situations.

Facilitators can explore more on why xxx situation is considered as "Keeping the child in mind".

11.15am - 11.45am: HOVRS Activity

Pair Activity:

Each pair will take one HOVRS scale, focus on the rows with 7 points (where relevant) and discuss:

What actions or statements indicate that parents are “Keeping the Child in Mind”. (E.g. Parents following the child's lead during play, parents adapting activities to child's level)

Collectively come up with reflective questions KSPs can use to help parents consider their child’s perspective.

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See how long you can keep the bubble lasting in the air and also not deflated! -

Symbolic to how caregivers' and our efforts are important to keep things afloat as well as being careful in the process to not burst the bubble (ie maintaining working r/ship with clients), whilst keeping things fun. Childhood is about having fun!

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L1A.4 (16 Jan) Keeping the Child In Mind

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Annex: [Reading] Attachment & Mentalizing Theory

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Annex: [Reading] Attachment & Mentalizing Theory

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[Reading] Attachment Theory & Mentalizing

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Supporting Emotional Regulation in Young Children (Part 1)

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Supporting Emotional Regulation in Young Children (Part 1)

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Facilitators: Ben & Xin Huei

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Weather report:

Share your current / past week’s emotional state using weather metaphor & actions

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Common behavioral challenges by developmental age bands (2-3yo) & (4-6yo)

What are some strategies you have tried/conversations you have facilitated with caregivers in managing children's behaviors and emotions?

What are some forms of resistance you have faced from caregivers? What did you do to help with resistance?

Parallel with HOVRS

KidSTART Practice Principles

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Weather massage (Theraplay)

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[L1.5] Emotional Regulation in Children (Part 1)

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Supporting Emotional Regulation in Young Children (Part 2)

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Supporting Emotional Regulation in Young Children (Part 2)

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Facilitators: Anthea & Aileen

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In one of the box, draw a family that you are working with who faces challenges in supporting

their child/children’s emotional regulation and in the other box, draw yourself.

Then proceed to identify the

temperament trait of the caregiver/s and yourself.

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What are some strategies to work with a parent who has those traits?

Parents’ background & experiences

Parents’ culture and beliefs

“What are some unique culture/ beliefs that you have encounter?”

Reflecting on parenting styles

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Sharing of success stories

Using today’s sharing, what are some things you’d like to try or work on with your identified family?

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Supporting Families and children through transitions

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Supporting Families and children through transitions

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Facilitators: Felicia & Charisse

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Game: Follow the leader

All participants are to think of an action.

When the leader points to you, all participants are to follow the actions.

Leader will choose who will go next.

How do feel when you were doing the activity?

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Exploring transitions

1) What does this transition look like for the child/ caregiver?

2) What are some emotions the child/ caregiver may experience during this transition?

3) What are some common questions asked by caregivers about this transition?

Reflecting on transitions

1) What are some ways to support a smooth transition for a child?

2) Which principles are we anchoring on to effectively support families through times of transition?

3) What signs tells us that the transition needs to be addressed earlier?

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Summary of ways to support family through transitions

Sharing one key take-away

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Facilitator: Wei Chun & Lynnette

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Activity: “What Makes Me Pause?”

1. Reflection in pairs (10 minutes)

Reflect back on your recent visits and share one topic as a KSP, you viewed as sensitive to bring up during home visits.

Why it felt sensitive? (e.g., fear of offending, personal triggers, cultural sensitivity).

How you think families might feel when this topic is raised?

2. Group Sharing (15–20 minutes)

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Exploring common sensitive topics and what makes them sensitive

Sharing: OARS (Motivational interviewing)

Linking: HOVRS

Discussion & role play

In pairs, choose a case scenario where you had to engage caregiver in a sensitive topic

Using HOVRS and OARS as a guide, what are some neutral/ non-intrusive ways to engage the caregiver in the conversation while keeping to your role as a KidSTART Practitioner, and help caregivers Keep Child In Mind

In the larger group, share context/scenario and good tips/ conversation prompts you created and the principals that guided you

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Summary of what can KSPs follow-up with

Reflecting on key takeaway

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Facilitator: Lynnette

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To understand each family strengths and needs well in order to facilitate caregivers better so that their parenting and caregiving journey would be a meaningful, rewarding one. Felicia

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Facilitator: Lynnette

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to put caregivers confidently in charge of this journey for their children

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Trust in the rapport that you have with the caregiver and trust that it will hold space for difficult facilitation and conversations.

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Keeping the Child in Mind - Being intentional that what we do in HVs is for the greater impact on the child's development and well-being. Supporting child's emotional regulation through more visuals and acknowledgment of emotions when caregiver is self-regulated

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Always keeping the child in mind.

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Optimism and empathy

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that everyone is trying their best to support their clients

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Strength 😏

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keeping the child in mind and trust that the parents will too.

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The knowledge and empathy that everyone have to support the families we work with

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Organizations chase numbers, but we must chase balance. In a world that glorifies hustle and constant motion, it’s easy to forget that. Protect our peace, set boundaries, and never let someone else’s goals and ambitions dictate our worth and dignity.

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families and children are in the centre of all that we do and work hard for

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strength and humility.

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Reflection, sharing and acceptance.

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Navigating Sensitve Topics during Home Visits

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Facilitators: Alicia & Jolene

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Increasing Caregivers Engagement & Motivation

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Increasing Caregivers Engagement & Motivation

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Facilitators: Wei Chun & Zul

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Facilitating Parent-Child Interactions With More Than One Child

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Facilitating Parent-Child Interactions With More Than One Child

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Facilitators: Hannah & Lynnette