Health And Social Care Level 3 Unit 3 P1

C1

There are several theorists that links within my key issues, these are:

Burrhus Skinner – He believed in a thing called operant conditioning. He believed that there are three different opperants that can impact our behavior, these are:

•Neutral – this is experiences from the environment which is not likely to effect the child’s behavior

•Reinforce – responses from the environment that can have an impact on the behavior being repeated reinforces can be a positive or negative experience.

•Punishers – this is were the responses from the environment that will lessen the chance of behavior being repeated.

I believe that this would link into my key issues as when promoting positive behavior by reinforcing the child in
As some children may be statement e.g. ADHD then they may find it more difficult to concentrate than others. The settings policy should cover children who have challenging behavior and all those who's behavior is linked to a disability such as ADHD and Tourette's, as these children will not be able to follow the same guidelines for the behavior and would need an individual behavior plan. As the policy should ensure that all children are treated equally by then the practitioners should make sure that there is something in there for those children who are statemented and can not help their behavior. It is important that the child's needs and interest are put first because if a child feels valued, safe and secure they are more likely to have a good relationship with the practitioner so this would make it a little easier to promote positive behavior. The most effective way to do this is by having good communication skills with the children and then build on your trust. Once you have done all this things such as the reward chat should be easy to put in place. Practitioners should also be aware of different factors that could be effecting the child's behavior such as parenting styles and early development. When dealing with children with challenging behavior practitioners should also take into account the culture and
He or she may not be the only child and could have may siblings so the challenging behavior could be from having to fight to get someone's attention. A way that practitioners can overcome this is by making sure they take the time out to communicate with this child but also make the child understand that there are other children within the class who would need help so they have to be patient. Practitioner should also be aware if a child have come from a single parent household or if their parents are divorced because this can have an effect on their behavior. I have seen this within my setting as one child would behave from Monday to Thursday but come a Friday he would not listening and misbehave and we found out it was because he goes with his dad on a Friday until Sunday. It is equally important if a child does not have any siblings. This is because he or she may not know how to share or communicate with other children. I have seen this within my setting as a child who came in was an only child and they did not like sharing toys or even playing with another child. So because of this the practitioner then set out activities such as circle time and story books that explain the importance of sharing and making friends. This then helped to give the child the understanding that sharing and making friends is a positive thing and it helped encourage them to share and play with