Supporting behaviour management in the early primary years

A bundle of resources have been put together to support parents with behaviour management in early primary years settings.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Healthy Family Team have put together this collection of suggested reading resources to assist parents and carers:

• Family lives
• NSPCC
• Young Minds
• Helping your child with anger issues (NHS)
• Autism East Midlands
• NST (Neuro-developmental Support Service)
• Ask Us Nottinghamshire (call 0800 121 7772) – This the local Information and Advice Support Service (IASS) for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire for complex issues, including education, EHCPs and health and social care issues
• Notts Help Yourself – this is a site for advice, information with local services available in Nottinghamshire. This includes support for children and young people aged 0–25 with a special educational need and/or a disability
• W.A.S.P – (not available in all areas) is a support group for parents with children on the autistic spectrum
• Challenging Behaviour (Young Minds): Parent’s Guide to Support
• Understanding and responding to behaviour (Barnardo’s)
• Understanding and managing your child’s behaviour (Parent Talk)
• Quick Read: Challenging Behaviour Guide (The Challenging Behaviour Foundation)
• Managing your child’s behaviour (Scope)

Suggested printed reading materials:

• Starving the Anger Gremlin – Kate Collins-Donnelly (ages 5-9 & 10+)
• Huge Bag of worries – Virginia Ironside, Frank Rogers
• A volcano in my tummy – Eliane Whitehouse
• Mad isn’t bad – Michaelene Mundy
• Raising Boys/Raising Girls – Steve Biddulph