types of childrens behaviour

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Managing Behaviour- Task 1

Jodie Bloomer

“Behaviour is a complex concept and can mean many different things to many different people…Behaviour includes everything that we say or do that can influence or have an impact on another person.” (Riddall-Leech, S. 2003. p.3). There are a range of factors that can affect behaviour in young children. These are:

Physical and health-related factors

Parenting strategies

Birth trauma

Difficulties in pregnancy

Possible vaccine reactions

Medication

Genetic influences

Disabilities

Brain development

Communication

Hearing and speech development

An example of the effects of parenting strategies is if the parents adopt an authoritarian approach to parenting with “high levels of control and demands on child” as this could result in the child having “low self-esteem, lower achievement in school, subdued/ aggressive tendencies.” (Tassoni, P. 2006 p.401).

Mental and emotional

Family states of well being

Support structures

Financial

Stress

Siblings

Nuclear and extended families

Baby/ child care facilities

Family patterns

Life experiences

Low self-esteem

Chaos

Nurture stimuli

Gender

Cultural

Religious influences

An example of the effects of low self-esteem is that “children who have low self-esteem are less likely to put themselves in challenging and new situations.” (Tassoni, P. 2006 p.402). This means that children may not accept what adults ask them to do and could result in the child disobeying the adults.

Diet and nutrition

Nutritional diaries and checklists

Food issues

An example of food issues is if the child has an allergy or intolerance to certain food types. For example in my last placement there was a child who had intolerance to cheese as it made him hyperactive but as he liked cheese his mum still gave it to him.

Environmental factors

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Housing

Local facilities

Geopathic stress

Electrical influences

Lack of routine

An example of a lack of routine is that a child having no routine will have disrupted sleep patterns which could result in tiredness and argumentative or withdrawn behaviour.

Children's behaviour usually follows developmental ‘norms’ depending on factors including the child’s culture and if they have special needs. “For example, a two-year-old who crayons on another child’s drawing has not yet learned that this is not ‘fun’. A four-year-old who does the same (usually) knows that it is not appropriate, but could be doing it for ...

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