Guiding children's behaviour
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care professionals who understand that learning. to successfully manage emotions and behaviour ... Vital to guiding children's behaviour are the ...
Long summary:
Children need to learn how to manage their emotions, which affect their behaviour, and in turn impacts on how they interact and form relationships with others. Children require the support and expertise of child care professionals who understand that learning to successfully manage emotions and behaviour is a lifelong process. It is also beneficial for child care professionals to recognise the ways in which they can prevent or minimise situations that can cause children to demonstrate challenging behaviours. The aim of behaviour guidance is to teach children how to manage their emotions and develop ways to appropriately control their behaviour by themselves.Behaviour guidance is a process that focuses on the whole child. Children need to be guided and taught about their emotions and behaviour, just as they require support when learning other new skills, such as walking or counting. A holistic approach involves collaborating with families to discuss behaviour guidance expectations, and to negotiate individualised behaviour guidance strategies.Vital to guiding childrens behaviour are the leadership qualities of adults who, as role models, understand the importance of establishing a nurturing, respectful and equitable relationship with children. It is also important that child care professionals recognise the external influences which can affect childrens behaviour, including their family structure and lifestyle, culture, religion, peer relationships and the events that occur in their daily lives. The factors that influence childrens behaviour All behaviour has a purpose and function. A challenging behaviour can be considered a momentary loss of self-control, a cry for help, or a sign that children are uncomfortable, insecure, threatened, confused, require attention or lack the experience to understand or manage their emotions and behaviours. There is a reason why children behave the way they do and this often involves factors such as changes to routines, events outside the service or relationships with other children.When children have difficulty coping with their emotions, and are just beginning to learn what behaviours are acceptable or unacceptable, they may express their emotions in ways that can be perceived as challenging. Sometimes a behaviour can be displayed as an isolated incident, for example, a child having a tantrum because someone chose the same coloured pencil as they did. In other circumstances, childrens behaviour is the result of more complex issues and may require an ongoing behaviour guidance plan.Child care professionals need to be aware of the range of issues which may influence childrens ability to cope with their emotions in a child care environment. For example: When they first start child care, ...
Source: www.ncac.gov.au
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