Managing Behaviour...
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Behaviour Management Plans for Children
Managing children’s behaviour can seem a Herculean task when they begin to realise how much fun getting into trouble can be. However, parents will...
Child Behaviour Modification
For most parents, child behaviour never becomes an issue until a child begins to act inappropriately. When this occurs, parents must find ways to increase instances of...
Coping With Challenging Behaviour as a Working Parent
It is a fact that most parents work, some of us work full time, others part time and some are lucky enough to be able to work flexible hours at...
Guide for Single Parents Coping Alone
BEING a single parent is tough, and if you have a child who displays challenging and difficult behaviour and you suddenly find yourself dealing...
Home Behaviour Policies
It is up to parents to establish the standards that they expect their children to adhere to. By teaching children to behave in positive appropriate ways, parents can...
Identifying and Diagnosing a Behavioural Disorder
A behavioural disorder is not like a short illness that has noticeable symptoms and can be easily diagnosed with a laboratory test or two. On the...
Interview: Working with Behavioural Issues in Children
Dr Sarah Helps is a child behaviour specialist and has spent the last 13 years working with children and young people who struggle with their...
Introducing Children to Your New Partner
Introducing children to your new partner might seem like a monumental task, but in reality it’s best to take it slow and in a number of small...
Managing a Child's Behaviour When a Parent Dies or Leaves
One of the most important things to recognise as a single parent is that you will start to rely more on your friends and family for support, and...
Managing Behaviour When Other Children Misbehave
It can be hard enough to cope with one child misbehaving, but when children are in a group bad behaviour can spread like wildfire. Managing the...
Managing Expectations and Behaviour at Christmas
Christmas is a time fraught with expectations. If it’s not your children using pester power to convince you that you really MUST spend all your...
Medication for Behavioural Problems
An estimated 10 to 20% of children worldwide have one (or more) mental or behavioural problems. There are a variety of treatment options available for children with...
Negotiating With Your Teen
Negotiating with your teen may be a good tactic if your teenager routinely tells you that you don’t listen to him or her, you don’t respect his or her opinions and...
Positive Parenting at Home
All children require positive influences in their lives, and positive parenting begins at home. Although sometimes you may feel that you have completely run out of...
Talking to Your Child About Your 'New' Family
When you are first on your own with your children, the last thing that you will want to think about is meeting someone new. Chances are that you...
The Relationship Between Diet and Behaviour
Children’s behaviour changes due to many variables including their environments, the people around them, their levels of physical health and if...
Tips For Helping Kids Adjust To Change
Whether it’s a new home, new school, new class or new baby, changes can affect children in many different ways. Some children become sullen, some...
Tips for Young Single Mums
Who knows why kids act the way they do? This is a question that most mums ask themselves at some point, but rather than find out an answer to it some parents use it...
Understanding Sudden, Odd Behaviour in Your Child
When children start acting differently many parents begin to worry, and with good reason. Sudden, odd behaviour in your child could be an...
When Friends' Children Misbehave
There is an unspoken rule that you cannot tell off your friends' children. Rather like criticising someone's choice of job or partner, the naughtiness of their...
Your Child's Behaviour and its Impact on Others
It’s the one thing that all parents dread...you are shopping in the supermarket or trying to enjoy a family lunch and suddenly one of your little...
