Information sheets
Individual child
Understanding child behaviour
- Understanding why children behave the way they do.
- The quality of the student-teacher relationship contributes to students becoming motivated, successful learners.
- When assessing a learner’s behaviour, observations are an accurate, informative method.
Classroom and centre
Understanding child behaviour
- Understanding why children behave the way they do.
- The quality of the student-teacher relationship contributes to students becoming motivated, successful learners.
- Enhance students’ social and emotional competencies through the classroom programme.
- Praise can increase a child or young person’s self-worth and self-confidence and increases positive behaviours.
Whole-school and centre
Understanding child behaviour
- Understanding why children behave the way they do.
- Things to remember about whole-school approaches to promoting positive behaviour and learning.
- Enhance students’ sense of belonging and connectedness by providing opportunities for them to have meaningful input into school decisions.
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