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Children with Higher Care Needs

Mater Education, in collaboration with Mater Children’s Private Brisbane, is proud to offer a suite of courses for carers, educators, coaches or support workers in the community that may care for or support children with higher care needs. The courses have been developed by a highly qualified team including paediatric nursing clinicians and paediatric educators who train Mater’s exceptional staff.

Each course will equip participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to care for children with various needs including:

Care and management of children with epilepsy
Care and management of children with type one diabetes
Paediatric asthma management and anaphylaxis in children
Tracheostomy care and management in children
Ostomy, stoma and gastrostomy care in children
Developmental delay and spectrum disorders in children.

The suite of six courses runs over three months with two courses per month. Participants can attend one course (half day) or two courses (full day) each month.

Who should attend?

These courses are designed for the following members of the community that may care for or support children with higher care needs:

carers and family members
teachers and educators
support workers
early childhood educators and assistants
disability care workers
sports and recreation coaches
youth workers.

Course structure

This suite of six courses runs over three months with two courses per month. Participants can attend a course (half day) as a standalone course or attend or two courses (full day) each month.

Course 1 - Care and management of children with epilepsy
This course will include information on:

What is epilepsy?
Considerations for caring for a child with epilepsy
Recognition of a seizure and rescue management including the administration of rescue medication .

Course 2 - Care and management of children with type 1 diabetes
This course will include information on:

Type 1 diabetes in a child
Considerations for caring for a child with diabetes including:
- Nutrition and meal times
- Recognising high and low blood glucose in a child
- Using a blood glucose monitor with a finger prick to obtain blood glucose level
- Sick day management
Administration of subcutaneous insulin and emergency medications.

Course 3 - Paediatric asthma management and anaphylaxis in children
This course will include information on:

What is asthma and how does it affect the child
What are the triggers and signs and symptoms of an asthma attack
Treatment and emergency management – use of reliever medications and spacer
What is an anaphylactic reaction and how does it affect the child
Considerations of caring for a child who could have an anaphylactic reaction
Emergency management including use of an EpiPen.

Course 4 - Tracheostomy care and management in children
This course will include information on:

What is a tracheostomy
Why would a child require a tracheostomy
How is a tracheostomy inserted
Considerations relating to care of the child with a tracheostomy
Care, cleaning and suctioning of the tracheostomy
Emergency care and tracheostomy change/reinsertion.

Course 5 - Ostomy, stoma and gastrostomy care in children
This course will include information on:

What are stomas and ostomies
What are the different types of stomas
Common reasons for ostomy insertions and how these issues may change/effect day to day care of the child
Care and management of the stoma and appliance including removal and reattaching an appliance, emptying an appliance, cleaning and care of the ostomy
What is a gastrostomy?
Reasons why a child may require a gastrostomy and need to be fed via a gastrostomy
Care and management of the gastrostomy tube, ostomy site and feeding equipment
Feeding via a gastrostomy
Considerations for the your child with the ostomy and gastrostomy including development and communication.

Course 6 - Developmental delay and spectrum disorders in children
This course will include information on:

What is a developmental delay
Care of a child with developmental delay
Spectrum disorders in children
Considerations of caring for a child who has a spectrum disorder.

Learning outcome and accreditation

Participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance and may be able to self-allocate up to 3 CPD hours per course as per the requirements of their professional body.

Dates and duration

Each course will run for up to three hours, as a half day workshop. Light refreshments will be provided.

Course 1 - Care and management of children with epilepsy 8.30 am - 11.30 am
Course 2 - Care and management of children with type 1 diabetes 12.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Thursday 17 September

Course 3 - Paediatric asthma management and anaphylaxis in children 8.30 am - 11.30 am
Course 4 - Tracheostomy care and management in children 12.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Thursday 15 October

Course 5 - Ostomy, stoma and gastrostomy care in children 8.30 am - 11.30 am
Course 6 - Developmental delay and spectrum disorders in children 12.30 pm - 3.30 pm

Thursday 19 November

Location

Mater South Brisbane Campus
Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane

For more information and a campus map visit the contact page.

Cost

Each course: $160 (incl. GST) each

Discount applies for whole-day attendance to $280 (incl. GST) per day (two courses).

10% discount available for Mater People

Cancellation and refund policy

Find out more about this course

Download our course flyer here.