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Be able to support children and young people's positive behaviour

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‘Positive relationships and behaviour management’ from the Fostering Handbook

This chapter provides guidance for carers on managing behaviour, which includes supporting positive behaviour, de-escalation of conflicts and discipline. Read this chapter and make notes on anything relevant to your role.

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Visit the website of the Action for Children to read more about Behaviour, setting boundaries with your child, using rules and rewards, and coping with challenging behaviour.
This article from the SEN Magazine website is titled ‘Model behaviour’ and looks at modelling behaviour for children and young people with autism and learning difficulties.
Click on this link to read the Kinderly website’s ‘Top five alternatives to using a reward chart in the early years’. Does your setting use reward charts? Use the internet to read more about the pros and cons of using them.
This article on the Learning Journals website looks at ‘Positive behaviour management strategies: a nursery practitioners guide’. How would you adapt these strategies to be used with a child of 8 or a young person of 14?
Read through this Department for Education document on ‘Behaviour in schools’ and compare it to your setting's behaviour policy. How was the behaviour policy for your setting created and what is your role in supporting the policy? According to your policy, how should you respond to good behaviour, behaviour that challenged and what are acceptable sanctions?

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