Description

Managing the behavior of young children can be a real challenge, and this book provides you with 100 tried and tested ideas for the long, medium, and short term. It tells you how to select and adopt the right approach, how to analyze, reflect on, and modify your own practice to ensure that you are consistent, fair, and that positive behavior develops.

Each of the 100 ideas focuses on a single strategy, and the book looks at:

Structures and systems
Using fun, child-orientated resources
Rewarding good behavior, and managing sanctions
The advantages of various approaches
Case studies from practice
Adaptations of strategies for different settings and ages

The book suggests lively strategies that can keep behavior management fresh and effective. Advice is given to support children with special educational needs and examples of behavior management in different settings are shared. An easily accessible guide for all practitioners working with children aged 3 to 8.