Multiple Factors that Lead Children to Resort to Tantrums and Hitting
Positive Child Guidance
B132C6 v12.1
Author: Lucinda Isherwood, 20120836
Index:
1 . Introduction (pg 1)
2 . Tantrums (pg 2, 3, 4)
3 . Hitting (pg 4, 5)
4 . Conclusion (pg 5, 6)
5 . Reference List (Pg 7)
1. Introduction
This report will be examining multiple factors that may lead children to resort to tantrums and hitting. I will then identify relevant positive child guidance strategies that can be implemented in collaboration with parents and other teachers. These strategies will be strategies that can be implemented within an early childhood setting, to effect change and promote pro-social behavior.
2. Tantrums
There are many children that teachers may find have challenging behavior to deal with. “Challenging behavior is any behavior that interferes with children’s learning, development, and success at play, is harmful to the child, other children or adults and puts a child at high risk for later social problems or school failure” (Kaiser & Rasminsky, 2003). Having challenging behavior may not be just difficult for the child but also everyone in their surrounding environment. When a child is proving to be challenging, this may be more difficult for them as being younger they will most likely not know how to control it. That is where as teachers we need to be aware of different strategies that we can put in place to ensure that we can provide positive guidance for the individual child.
There may be many triggers that may set a child to have a tantrum but the biggest trigger for a tantrum is generally a biological response to anger or frustration. Another biological factor for a child having a tantrum could be that they have a medical condition such as ADHD that will cause a child to react in this way. An environmental factor for a child to be having a tantrum could be, something has happened within his environment that they are not happy about such as a bike could have been taken away from them for some
B132C6 v12.1
Author: Lucinda Isherwood, 20120836
Index:
1 . Introduction (pg 1)
2 . Tantrums (pg 2, 3, 4)
3 . Hitting (pg 4, 5)
4 . Conclusion (pg 5, 6)
5 . Reference List (Pg 7)
1. Introduction
This report will be examining multiple factors that may lead children to resort to tantrums and hitting. I will then identify relevant positive child guidance strategies that can be implemented in collaboration with parents and other teachers. These strategies will be strategies that can be implemented within an early childhood setting, to effect change and promote pro-social behavior.
2. Tantrums
There are many children that teachers may find have challenging behavior to deal with. “Challenging behavior is any behavior that interferes with children’s learning, development, and success at play, is harmful to the child, other children or adults and puts a child at high risk for later social problems or school failure” (Kaiser & Rasminsky, 2003). Having challenging behavior may not be just difficult for the child but also everyone in their surrounding environment. When a child is proving to be challenging, this may be more difficult for them as being younger they will most likely not know how to control it. That is where as teachers we need to be aware of different strategies that we can put in place to ensure that we can provide positive guidance for the individual child.
There may be many triggers that may set a child to have a tantrum but the biggest trigger for a tantrum is generally a biological response to anger or frustration. Another biological factor for a child having a tantrum could be that they have a medical condition such as ADHD that will cause a child to react in this way. An environmental factor for a child to be having a tantrum could be, something has happened within his environment that they are not happy about such as a bike could have been taken away from them for some