Building Better Behaviour in the Early Years

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Chris Dukes - Area SENCOs, London
Maggie Smith - Area SENCOs, London
Building Better Behaviour in the Early Years
July 2009 | 120 pages | Sage UK
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Description

Every early years setting strives to create a calm and positive atmosphere, where children can thrive and develop as successful and confident learners.

By asking you to reflect on how the ethos, practice, and general approach in your setting impacts on the behavior of both children and adults, this book suggests sensible ways to achieve an exciting and stimulating environment for all.

From an award-winning author team, there is down-to-earth advice, a number of common-sense solutions and all the essential information you will need to develop the best sort of setting, where everyone supports one another.

Chapters offer guidance on:

  • Creating an enabling environment for all
  • Developing a team-based approach
  • Considering the whole child
  • Working with parents, and other professionals
  • Observing and assessing behavior
  • Sharing good practice

The book includes case studies of children between 0 to 5 years, sample policies, and lots of reproducible material on the CD-Rom that comes with the book

Suitable for all early years students and practitioners, this book is an encouraging read that will inspire you and help you to improve behavior in your class or setting.

Contents

Poem

Poem

The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture

Development Matters

Development Matters

A Whole-Child Approach

A Whole-Child Approach

The Reflective Setting

The Reflective Setting

A Strategy Bank

A Strategy Bank

Observing Behaviour

Observing Behaviour

A Skills Bank

A Skills Bank

Additional materials

Description

Every early years setting strives to create a calm and positive atmosphere, where children can thrive and develop as successful and confident learners.

By asking you to reflect on how the ethos, practice, and general approach in your setting impacts on the behavior of both children and adults, this book suggests sensible ways to achieve an exciting and stimulating environment for all.

From an award-winning author team, there is down-to-earth advice, a number of common-sense solutions and all the essential information you will need to develop the best sort of setting, where everyone supports one another.

Chapters offer guidance on:

  • Creating an enabling environment for all
  • Developing a team-based approach
  • Considering the whole child
  • Working with parents, and other professionals
  • Observing and assessing behavior
  • Sharing good practice

The book includes case studies of children between 0 to 5 years, sample policies, and lots of reproducible material on the CD-Rom that comes with the book

Suitable for all early years students and practitioners, this book is an encouraging read that will inspire you and help you to improve behavior in your class or setting.

Contents

Poem

Poem

The Bigger Picture

The Bigger Picture

Development Matters

Development Matters

A Whole-Child Approach

A Whole-Child Approach

The Reflective Setting

The Reflective Setting

A Strategy Bank

A Strategy Bank

Observing Behaviour

Observing Behaviour

A Skills Bank

A Skills Bank

Additional materials

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Building Better Behaviour in the Early Years


July 2009 | 120 pages | Sage UK

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Paperback 31/03/2026 9781847875204 $94.00
Lifetime 28/03/2023 9781446241561 $80.00
180 Day Ebook 28/03/2023 9781446241561 $55.00

Every early years setting strives to create a calm and positive atmosphere, where children can thrive and develop as successful and confident learners.

By asking you to reflect on how the ethos, practice, and general approach in your setting impacts on the behavior of both children and adults, this book suggests sensible ways to achieve an exciting and stimulating environment for all.

From an award-winning author team, there is down-to-earth advice, a number of common-sense solutions and all the essential information you will need to develop the best sort of setting, where everyone supports one another.

Chapters offer guidance on:

  • Creating an enabling environment for all
  • Developing a team-based approach
  • Considering the whole child
  • Working with parents, and other professionals
  • Observing and assessing behavior
  • Sharing good practice

The book includes case studies of children between 0 to 5 years, sample policies, and lots of reproducible material on the CD-Rom that comes with the book

Suitable for all early years students and practitioners, this book is an encouraging read that will inspire you and help you to improve behavior in your class or setting.


Table Of Contents:

  • Poem
  • The Bigger Picture
  • Development Matters
  • A Whole-Child Approach
  • The Reflective Setting
  • A Strategy Bank
  • Observing Behaviour
  • A Skills Bank

Recent Product Reviews:

Gives a balanced overview and some tools to build better behaviour in settings
Mrs Louise Atkins, School of Education & Training, Greenwich University
This is a really good and accessible guide. It offers sound, solid well researched advice for practitioners and parents.These are some excellent case studies some focusing on the possible dilemmas and difficulties that could be encounter.The author extols the benefit of knowledge and prevention, being fair and gives lots of ideas. I would recommend this book for practitioners, student and parents. Excellent!
Ms Caroline Brooks, Childcare & Early Years, Sheffield College
This gives a broad overview of supporting positive behaviour in children.
Ms Jill Harrison, Education, University of Greenwich
Clear and readable. I feel this text can be used on many levels and the addition of the CD rom has proved to be such a practical tool. In many ways there is nothing new within the book but the format and summary tables are clear and easily accessed.
Mr John Bartlett, Childcare, Haslingden Community Link and Children's Centre
A very useful text addressing a difficult area for students
Lin Savage, Education , University of Cumbria

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