Filling the Freedom Cup®: Fostering Autonomy
Theory, research, and practical strategies for meeting children's need for freedom and fostering autonomy
An online course with Elise Waghorn from Phoenix Support for Educators
Are you an early childhood educator working with children who:
Learn how to confidently respond to these behaviours by increasing every child's sense of autonomy.
This self-paced course will enable you to have a deeper knowledge of how to support children to fill their Freedom Cup®.
The Freedom Cup is our ability to be independent, self sufficient, and freewheeling.
This course will give you practical strategies and more confidence to plan for children’s autonomy needs and agency.
Learn how to confidently foster a child's sense of autonomy by:
Responding to children’s need for freedom and agency
Developing holistic wellbeing plans
Proactively plan for children’s autonomy
Advocating for their rights
Encouraging self-expression
Flourishing children’s creativity
Understand and plan for differences in individual children’s needs for freedom
How to Use This Platform
FREE PREVIEWStudent Walk Through Video
About Your Facilitator - Elise Waghorn
FREE PREVIEWAgreement
FAQ
Before We Begin...
Introducing The Phoenix Cups® Framework
The Phoenix Cups Overview
FREE PREVIEWThe Phoenix Cups - An Overview with Sandi Phoenix
Filling the Freedom Cup with Elise Waghorn
Freedom Cup Handout
Freedom Cup Mindmap
Resource Library
Reflecting on the Freedom Cup
Final Reflection
Get in touch with the team at Phoenix Support
Other Professional and Personal Development Opportunities
Phoenix Support for Educators
An essential series for educators working with 0-3 year old children. Includes 3 individual short courses - brain development, learning through sensory play, and schematic play. Facilitated by Elise Waghorn from Phoenix Support for Educators.
$138
$298
A resource hub with hundreds of high quality resources for educators compiled by the teams at Reflections of an Educators, Phoenix Support for Educators, and Sticks and Stones Education.
Free
You have access to this course for 4 weeks. We estimate it will take you about 3 hours to complete, so we have allowed for 1 hour per week and an extra week for catch up.
To receive your certificate, you must click on 'Complete & Continue' on every page of the course. Once you've done this your certificate download button should come up in the top left corner of your course, where the progress bar is.
Freedom cup
Freedom cup
Read LessElise was very knowledgable and some wonderful tips and strategies were shared to fill children's Freedom cup and ensure our practices foster autonomy. The i...
Read MoreElise was very knowledgable and some wonderful tips and strategies were shared to fill children's Freedom cup and ensure our practices foster autonomy. The information also helped in understanding some familiar behaviours in children.
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