Unit 5 - Understanding Children's Behaviour

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Unit 5 – Understanding Children’s Behaviour Pg 1 D2 – It’s important to understand children’s behaviour when in a childcare setting because you need to understand that if a child is misbehaving, what is causing this and how to help or resolve it. You can give the child comfort if they are upset. When a child is angry and violent, you need to know how to deal with it. I would put the child in a quiet space or room by themselves so they can have a bit of thinking time, this lets the child figure out what they’ve done wrong and that they shouldn’t do it again. To notice a child is behaving in a good manor is important so then you can praise and give the child good feedback from what they’re doing. Every child’s behaviour is different, when a child is misbehaving, they might be distressed or something might be going off at home. In a childcare setting, if a child is behaving correctly, you need to point this out and make sure other children follow this example. D3 – I’m developing the right skills and knowledge to understand children’s behaviour by modelling the other adults in the childcare setting. I see how they control the children and how they make the atmosphere positive so all the children behave positive. Also, what I’m being taught in college has a major impact on how I work and interact with the children. I’ve noticed that all children behave differently and you have to remember this for when you’re actually talking to them. Observations have helped me understand children’s behaviour because I can read them and
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