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Behaviour Management - A Policy
Statement
As a Registered
Childminder of the National Childminding Association (NCMA), I aim to
offer a quality childcare service for parents and children. I
recognize the need to set reasonable and appropriate limits to help manage
the behaviour of children in my care.
I do not and will not
administer physical punishment or any form of punishment with the
intention of causing pain or discomfort, nor any kind of humiliating or
hurtful treatment to any child in my care.
I endorse POSITIVE
discipline as a more effective way of setting limits for children.
POSITIVE DISCIPLINE
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Rewarding good
behaviour because
rewards are constructive, they encourage further effort, punishment is
destructive – it humiliates children and makes them feel powerless
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Encouraging
self-discipline and respect for others
because children need to grow
into people who behave well even when there’s no one tell them what to do.
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Setting
realistic limits according to age and stage of development
because as children grow and
develop, our expectations of them change
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Setting a good
example because
young children take more notice of how we are and what we do and what we
say
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Encouragement,
not orders and instructions
because ‘do as you’re told’
teaches nothing for next time. Positive discipline means explaining why
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Being
consistent – saying no and meaning no
because children need to know
that we mean what we say
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Praise,
appreciation and attention
because when children are used to
getting attention with good behaviour. They won’t need to seek it by
misbehaving
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Building
children's self esteem
shaming, scolding, hurting and
humiliating children can lead to even worse behaviour. Attention,
approval and praise build self esteem, and a child who feels valued is
more likely to behave well |
By providing
a happy, well managed environment, the children in my care will be
encouraged to develop social skills to help them be accepted and welcome
in society as they grow up.
Behaviour Management - House Rules
My house rules are based on what behaviour I find unacceptable in my home
and they are based on guiding children away from doing things that are:
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Dangerous,
hurtful or offensive to others (children or adults)
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Activities
that become dangerous to themselves
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Will make
a child feel unwelcome or unaccepted
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The damage
to other people’s belongings and my own
My
house rules are as follows:
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No
fighting, hitting, biting or scratching to other children
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No
refusing to share
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No
destruction of play things, books or other things in my house
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No
running about in the house
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No
climbing on furniture
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No
touching electrical equipment or other dangerous objects
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Not
holding hands, running into the road when going out
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No
swearing and using ‘rude’ words
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Making
a mess and/or refusing to clear up
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No
name calling or excluding from play because of other children’s racial
origins, cultural background, gender or disability |
My expectations
are flexible though as I have to be able to adjust them according to the
stage of development reached by individual children.
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