Nursery World - My best course - Getting feelings under control

A course on helping children to regulate their own behaviour has
helped Alisha Blanchard create a little calm in her setting.

Research has shown that toddlers instinctively take visual cues from others to decide how to behave. Helping children learn to regulate their emotions and resolve issues themselves is addressed in a course designed and delivered by early years consultant Laura Henry.

Helping Children to Self-Regulate Behaviour looks at the physical and psychological causes of challenging behaviour and provides strategies for practitioners to manage them in-setting as well as work with parents and write an action plan.

Alisha Blanchard, deputy manager of Chiltern Day Nursery in Sutton, said the course was about 'giving children an environment were they can be heard.'

She says, 'Laura talked about good and bad practice, including one setting that was good on PSED. Carers would stand back and allow children to speak freely and express themselves from about three months old, and did lots of observing.'

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