Positive behaviour is promoted throughout the centre by all staff. We encourage everyone to behave in a positive way and consider the feelings of others.
Throughout the nursery the children are supported by caring, nurturing and understanding adults who sensitively support children to express their feelings appropriately and help children who are struggling to manage their behaviour. All staff and adults in the centre will model the types of positive behaviours we want the children to learn from for example, being considerate of others, listening and respecting others and our environment.
Staff are very realistic about children’s behaviour and fully understand that many behaviours are age appropriate. Young children’s behaviour can be affected by many different circumstances from starting nursery, to a new baby in the family. Within the nursery we promote inclusion and would never exclude or discriminate children who were having difficulty with their behaviour.
We feel that it is important to involve parent/s within our procedures for encouraging positive behaviour. Staff will inform parents if their child is struggling to manage their behaviour in nursery we would, of course, discuss this with you so that we could go forward with an agreed consistent method of working in order to develop more positive behaviour.
Strategies & approaches we use to support learners include:
- PATHS- Promoting alternative thinking strategies
- All behaviour is communication strategies
- Play therapy strategies
- Talk strategies
We also have help on hand to support parents who may be experiencing difficulties with their child’s behaviour at home. We have information about local services such as:
- Withkids
- Health visiting team
- GP services
- Educational Psychological Services
Understanding challenging behaviours Video below
Videos, advice and supports can be found on the links below.
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