What may affect childrens behaviour
Behaviour
Task 2
What may affect childrens behaviour
Separation from the childs main carer can affect the childs behaviour a lot if they find it hard to separate from them. If a child cries it is obvious they find it hard to cope with this, trying to distract the child may help the child to forget about the problem and start to enjoy themselves. The childrens developmental stage includes how they see themselves and how they are with other children. If the child finds it hard to share with another child as they may be an only child and never had to come across sharing before hand, it will be hard for them to understand this. Some of factors for development are:
*Egocentricity: children that are egocentric tend to see things from their view point only. But they can be considerate towards others. If a child won't share his or her toys because they are all me, me, me if not told by an adult that it would be kind a nice to share their toys when they're older they still may be the same and they may find it hard to make friends.
*Curiosity: the child may become curious as to how far they can push people to their limit to test them. The child may become defiant and negative towards others if they find it hard to except that their not the only child in the classroom.
The child's independence may also drop because the main carer may be doing everything for them at home. And now in a school setting they may not know how do certain things as their carer may do it for them. The childs physical development can also be effected from this as well as they may be tired from becoming upset, it could also make them feel physically ill. Which isn't a very nice thing to happen because the CW may think the child is lying if they said they were poorly, because they may know that is how they would be able to go home. This is all due to a change of routine. Children especially with autism find it very hard to cope with a change, so it is important to let the child know with or with out a disability children still find it hard to cope with changes. It is also going to affect the childs self-esteem if they're very upset and not wanting to communicate with anyone new, they will become very emotional through out the day. From this they become bored and this is when you mainly recognise a change to the childs behaviour, they might start to misbehave to get attention from staff, they may hurt children or may even harm themselves. And also if the child faces the loss and grief of a family member the childs behaviour may change again, as they may see it as their fault, or may wish they had done more when the person was alive. So it is a very hard time for children when they have to cope with a change.
What is behaviour
The younger the child is, the less they understand about behaviour, so when they reach the age of about 4 it is important for their main role leader to start telling them about why we do the things we do. If a child misbehaves and the CW tells them to stop doing it, and if he/she catches them again they will have a timeout. So if the child does this again it is important for the CW to follow through with what they have said so then the child knows that they are serious ...
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What is behaviour
The younger the child is, the less they understand about behaviour, so when they reach the age of about 4 it is important for their main role leader to start telling them about why we do the things we do. If a child misbehaves and the CW tells them to stop doing it, and if he/she catches them again they will have a timeout. So if the child does this again it is important for the CW to follow through with what they have said so then the child knows that they are serious and also this will make the child not do it again.
Promoting and encouraging positive behaviour
At reception age childrens behaviour can be encouraged by following certain rules. When children have a key worker, the key worker should know what the child can and cannot do. Key workers help the child(ren) feel more secure because if they feel more secure because if they have a problem they can tell their key worker. Key workers are also there so then if a child finds it hard with separation from their main carer; they are there to support them. Diploma book, Tassoni P, pg. 266 states that when children are separated from their main carers, they need to build an attachment to someone else. Key workers are also the main contact with parents. This allows parents to build a relationship with the person who is mainly responsible for their child.
Constant and familiar routines also help the children feel secure through out the day. A child with autism may find it a lot hard harder to cope with a change, so it is very important to tell the child at the beginning of the day so they will be prepared for this. Using a chart with pictures on could help the child so then they could keep checking their chart to see what's going to happen next or later on in the day. The adult/role model is very important to the child's behavioural development. Encouraging positive behaviour will help with child's self-esteem and self-concept. B F Skinner believed that when praising children for doing something, the child will want to do it again and maybe even better then before. The child's development will also be improving because of positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcements helps children a lot when playing a game or doing a piece of work, because if you use this it will want to make the children do it more and also enjoy it more. If the CW came in and presented it as negative and says the children couldn't do it, the children wouldn't want to do it; or they wouldn't do it at all, or as well. B F Skinner, diploma book, pg. 191 states that Skinner developed a theory; he called it pleasant experiences positive reinforcements and bad experiences negative reinforcements. He also showed that by ignoring behaviour, the behaviour may disappear.
And finally it's important for the CW to be a good role model around the children so then the children will know how and how not to behave.
Managing behaviour
The process of managing behaviour will include consistent approach, realistic expectations, use of goals and boundaries and recognising attendees. Consistent approach with children helps them have emotional needs to feel that things are predictable. Strategies which manage behaviour are the ABC if behaviour, this is:
Antecedent- this it what happens before the behaviour occurs.
Behaviour- this is the resulting of the behaviour.
Consequence - the results of the behaviour wither positive or negative.
The key to manage good behaviour is to always supervise the children. If a child complains of broadness get the child to do an activity or to play a game if outside. Promoting positive reinforcement for when the child does behave will make the child have better behaviour in the future. The CW and all other workers must follow the settings policy, although other places may have different policies. So it's important you know how the settings policy of behaviour. Children need boundaries set so they know how far to push people because children of this age will push adults as much as they can until they know how much as they can until they know how far they can go. Consistent approach with the children will also help the child with security. Because if the parent does a specific thing, the parent will probably want the childs teacher to do the same. So then the child will know if you can't do something at home, you can't do it at school or nursery either. The children need realistic expectations because if you give a game to a child that is aged 3 and give them a game that's aged for 5-7 years you know that the 3 year old would ruin the game because they wouldn't understand it. Also a child aged 5 got given a game that was aged for a 2-3 year old the child will become very bored and loose interest quickly. Recognising antecedents is noticing what's happened for the child to be upset and naughty. A change in a child's behaviour may be because something might have happened with another child, so if it's unusual for a child to hit out at someone when that child might be quiet and shy.
Role of the childcare worker in managing behaviour
It's important to tell the child who is misbehaving that we do not behave like this in school. There are many ways to do this:
* Saying no: with eye contact may help more if the child doesn't seem bothered about being told of.
* Using something to distract the child may also help, for example getting a puzzle or game out.
* And using a timeout if you have told the child more than once, its important to follow through with the timeout so then the child knows you're serious.
The responsibilities of a ccw involve following policies and procedures of the setting, observations and recordings, team approach, working with parents and referring a child to professionals.
Policies and procedures
It is important to follow the setting's policies and procedures because when employed by a school or a nursery this will be in your job description of what is expected when working there. It is important you know these as you may get into a lot of trouble if broken.
Observations and recordings
Doing observations on the children and recordings at specific times, say for example out on the playground a child may find it hard taking turns on bikes it would be a good ides for the ccw to record this if it is something that happens regularly. A bit like doing an event sample, repeating the observations if the problem keeps re-appearing. So then it might be an idea to go through it with the whole class of what we need to do at school, like taking turns, be kind to one another etc.
Team approach and professionals
Team approach is when everyone gets involved, the child parents, teachers, head teachers and may be even specific professionals depending on what the situation is about. If the child has a disability and is struggling being outside with the other children running around because they may have problems with theirs knees or bones etc. so then the childs physiotherapist may be invited to the team meeting so then the child may be needing more appointments for physio if the child is in pain when running about.
Working with parents
It is important to work with the parents in situations like this because they may be worried about their child may not be getting enough support whilst at school so having team meeting letting the teacher know how they feel and that they would like more done for their child whilst at school. 'Diploma book, Tassoni, P, pg. 291 states that there are specific types of unwanted behaviour that the early years settings have to deal with. Some behaviour shows that children are being affected by factors for example, a delay in their development.
Bibliography
Daniels, L. 2001, college notes
Tassoni, P etal. 2002, Diploma child care and education, oxford, Heinemann
