A positive sense of self not only safeguards children but also supports lifelong emotional health and wellbeing.

Course content:

• How gender stereotyping impacts children’s developing sense of self and others.

• The effects on aspiration and attainment.

• The links with inequality, prejudice and poor mental health.

• Strategies to create a fully inclusive environment that challenges stereotyping, celebrates difference and encourages all children to be themselves.

Links to the following Dimensions of the Bristol Standard:

• D1 Values and Aims
• D2 Relationships and Interactions
• D3 Approaches to Play and Development
• D4 Physical Environment
• D5 Play Experiences
• D6 Observation, planning and Record Keeping
• D7 Staffing, Leadership and Management
• D8 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• D9 Partnership with Parents and the Wider Community
• D10 Monitoring and Evaluation.

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