1st Edition

Understanding Behaviour in Early Years Settings Supporting Personal, Social and Emotional Development from 0–5

By Hannah Mortimer Copyright 2017
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

Everything we learn, every way we influence others and every relationship we form hangs around a complex interplay of behaviours, feelings and thoughts. This practical book explores the factors that influence children’s behaviour in the early years, enabling practitioners, parents and carers to develop a better understanding and become more intuitive and confident in supporting their development... Read more

Introduction

1. Firm foundations: Attachments and beginnings

2. Personal and social development: Fitting in and making friends

3. Emotional development: Feeling good, behaving well

4. The language of behaviour: Words, thoughts and metaphors

5. Environmental factors: Expectations, reactions and creating the right ethos

6. When behaviour needs to change: Observations and planning interventions

7. Children who behave ‘differently’: Special educational needs and disability

8. Supporting parents, carers and each other

Further information and resources

Biography

Hannah Mortimer is an independent educational psychologist in the UK and has published over 60 books on early years education, child development and special educational needs.