1st Edition
Understanding Behaviour in Early Years Settings Supporting Personal, Social and Emotional Development from 0–5
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.






