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Behavioral Challenges in Early Childhood Settings - Connie Jo Smith
INTRODUCTION
Addressing children’s challenging behaviors can be one of the most emotional and difficult activities you face as an adult working in an early childhood setting. You bring your own beliefs and experiences to every situation, which can make it hard to be objective. Inappropriate or emotional reactions to children’s challenging behaviors can turn potential learning situations for children into unnecessary crises. Focusing on helping children learn the skills they need to be successful, instead of focusing on your own feelings, is easier said than done. But it’s important to strive toward this goal. Children imitate behavior they see, so you must be able to model self-control and show children how you want them to act in times of conflict or frustration.
This Redleaf Quick Guide suggests strategies you can use for handling some of the most common behavioral issues of young children. It does not, however, provide comprehensive recipes for responding to all situations. Children’s behavior is complex. It results from many causes, such as health, physical environment, temperament, experiences, skills, risk factors, and development. Therefore, all adults working with young children should participate with an open mind in ongoing professional development about positive guidance for children. Administrators, teachers, drivers, monitors, substitutes, and volunteers can all benefit from learning more about helping children develop social skills and self-regulation.
Many Challenging Behaviors Represent Typical Development
Your expectations for young children’s behavior should be reasonable for their ages and developmental levels. Often the behaviors adults find challenging are typical for certain ages and developmental stages. Young children are learning vocabulary and how language works, so they do not always have the words to express themselves to adults or to one another in socially acceptable ways. Adults like to think of childhood as a magical, carefree time. But it can be frustrating for both children and adults, because children have not yet learned many problem-solving, coping, or self-control skills.
Children’s emotions can be intense. Children may not be able to control their actions associated with strong feelings, so they need outlets for their feelings and support in learning self-control. Although children may be curious about others and want to have friends, they may not know how to befriend one another. Their social skills are still evolving. Young children are focused on themselves. They see things from their singular points of view. They also have a naturally increasing need to be independent, which can disturb the routines of a group of children. As typically developing children carve out their identities, they may exhibit every challenging behavior described in this book. During traumatic times, children may temporarily regress and display challenging behaviors that they have previously overcome. The frequency and intensity of children’s challenging behaviors can alert you to the possibility that the behaviors are outside the typical developmental framework, and that additional support may be necessary.
Developmental screenings may help determine whether children have potential developmental delays or other issues that impact behavior. Some programs offer developmental screenings with informed consent from families, and other programs make referrals. Screenings alert you only to possible concerns. If screening results indicate a need, more in-depth assessment should follow. Even so, information from screenings may help guide initial action plans to support children in reaching their potential in all areas of development. If challenging behaviors persist and increase during the preschool years, and consistent prevention techniques are unsuccessful, an assessment may need to be considered. Working together, families and teachers can provide positive guidance and support to help young children through challenging times.
Behavior Is Integrated
This Redleaf Quick Guide is intended to be used as needed, not sequentially. It is organized into twelve topics representing common challenging behaviors to help you quickly identify a behavior and useful strategies. But remember, each behavior is related to others. For example, aggression can also be demonstrated through biting, defiance, language, and tantrums. A behavior may begin one way and escalate to include many challenging behaviors. Children may present a challenging behavior in one area or many. Children may also demonstrate a challenging behavior rarely or regularly. If one section of this book is not helpful, consult related areas.
Staying Calm through the Storm
As you use this book to work with children during challenging times, remember to stay calm. Maintaining your composure is your best strategy for dealing with challenging behaviors. Don’t get upset, raise your voice, shame children, or make threats. These techniques do not work and will make everyone involved feel more out of control. If you are relaxed, you will be better able to look at the situation objectively, problem solve, and model appropriate behavior. Identifying and using stress-management techniques for yourself is an important behavior-management