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There will be times when a child's behaviour is beyond your setting's scope. Jennie Lindon shows where to turn for specialist guidance Early years teams have considerable experience in dealing with the behaviour of young children. However, sometimes you will need outside help.

Early years teams have considerable experience in dealing with the behaviour of young children. However, sometimes you will need outside help.

Your usual strategies may not have made an impact on changing a child's ways of coping, or a child's reaction may seem sufficiently extreme that you become concerned at an early stage.

Any worries from your team need to be taken forward in partnership with parents. Sometimes you may have the opportunity to consult informally about a child or a kind of difficulty in a professional and con-fidential way with a specialist who regularly visits your setting, or within the context of a training day. However, any changes you make to your practice, or insights about what may be happening with a child, should then be shared with parents. And, of course, you would not make any kind of referral without their full involvement.

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