BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT POLICY
I will never use any form of physical punishment or humiliate any of the children in my care. I aim to work in partnership with you when it comes to behaviour management. Rewarding good behaviour is constructive and helps to encourage the children to make the effort to repeat the rewarded behaviour. This does not mean that there will not be consequences for unwanted behaviour, just that the consequence will be relevant to the behaviour. E.g. Apologising and comforting a child they have hurt, or helping to mend something they have broken.
If a behaviour is repeated and becomes disruptive or is harmful to the other children (e.g. hitting or throwing toys), I may use a form of Thinking Time/Time-Out. I do not view Time-Out as a punishment but rather as time to allow the child to calm down and reflect on their actions. Time-Out may just be sitting quietly in order to calm down, or may be something like reading a book, choosing another toy to play with. This will be appropriate to the age and stage of development of your child.
To help things run smoothly, I operate the following simple house rules:
Policy date: 20 July 2010
Review date: 10 January 2019
I will never use any form of physical punishment or humiliate any of the children in my care. I aim to work in partnership with you when it comes to behaviour management. Rewarding good behaviour is constructive and helps to encourage the children to make the effort to repeat the rewarded behaviour. This does not mean that there will not be consequences for unwanted behaviour, just that the consequence will be relevant to the behaviour. E.g. Apologising and comforting a child they have hurt, or helping to mend something they have broken.
If a behaviour is repeated and becomes disruptive or is harmful to the other children (e.g. hitting or throwing toys), I may use a form of Thinking Time/Time-Out. I do not view Time-Out as a punishment but rather as time to allow the child to calm down and reflect on their actions. Time-Out may just be sitting quietly in order to calm down, or may be something like reading a book, choosing another toy to play with. This will be appropriate to the age and stage of development of your child.
To help things run smoothly, I operate the following simple house rules:
- No smoking - we operate a strict no smoking household
- Chairs and couches are for sitting on not climbing/jumping
- Sharing is a good thing to do
- We must speak nicely to each other at all times and say sorry for our actions should we hurt someone
- It is nice to help to tidy up the toys when we finish playing
- We must always hold hands whilst out walking, especially near the roadside
Policy date: 20 July 2010
Review date: 10 January 2019
