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Policies and Procedures

How to write a policy

How to write a policy on anything or topic for your early childhood service.

What needs to be included in a written policy.

Answers to your questions such as how often you need to review policy.

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Policies and Procedures

Trauma Policy

A policy template for early childhood education services on how they will respond to and manage traumatic incidents, with concern for the impact on staff, children, families, and the operation of the service. 

Traumatic incidents include death, serious injury, abuse, disasters such as earthquakes, intruder and violent incidents, and lockdowns.  

See a news article here about traumatic incidents at ECE services, to learn the nature of various incidents that may occur.

Traumatic incidents may occur at the service or outside of the service, and are witnessed or experienced by one or more children and adults who are part of the service.

1. Title: Trauma Policy

2. Policy statement

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Learnings from Serious Incidents

Toddler died following a short distance fall, possibly from an adult-sized chair

The death of 20-month-old Lorenzo was due, in the opinion of the pathologist, to traumatic brain injury following a short distance fall with head impact.

In our opinion the tragedy was avoidable. There were several clear and serious failures in Lorenzo’s care before and after his accident.

We hope that the sector will learn from this tra

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Professional Learning, Mentoring & Development

Associate Teacher and Centre Information on Supporting Student Kaiako & Payment

Associate Teacher and Centre Information on Supporting Student Kaiako & Payment.

If you’re a qualified, registered teacher and you’re ready to start supporting student kaiako as an Associate Teacher, we’ve got some helpful information to make the experience as rich and rewarding for everyone involved.

Practicums are a keystone of

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Why a toilet suitable for adults to use is necessary in early childhood centre
Premises, Facilities, Layout, & Outdoor Environment Features

Adult Toilet and Staff Bathroom

OECE staff writer

There are many good reasons for having a toilet specifically for adults that is suitable for adults to use.

Sometimes staff need to use the toilet within a confined space of time, for example, while on a ten minute break or a parent needs to rush in and use the toilet when dropping off or picking-up their child. 

There may be lots of toilets but most may be more suitable for children’s use – smaller, lower to the ground and often in stalls of small size, for safety purposes. Small toilets in small spaces cannot accommodate the much larger size of adults.

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Health and Safety Management

SUDI – Death of an Infant when Sleeping

Sleep in ECE and Reducing the Risk of (SUDI): Learnings and What’s Legally Required versus Best Practice.

For years, the OECE’s chief advisor Dr Sarah Alexander has feared that a child would die from sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI) in an early childhood education (ECE) setting. Now that has happened: An infant died from SUDI while

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