337 Promoting possitive behaviour

[Lynn Evette]

If a setting is concerned about a childs behaviour and approaches the parents to ask for permission to get outside help and the parents say no, to help the setting manage the child's behaviour can they ask for advise from agencies about behaviour management without naming names?

[tutu]

they can ask for advice of course without mentioning any names at all but it isn't the best way to achieve some support. How would that support positive behaviour though?

[Ruthierhyme]

It would help the setting learn how to support positive behaviour. Looking for advice is a great way to address issues the setting feels are unsupported. Identify the behaviour not the child and ask for guidance on that.

[Lynn Evette]

Thank you for the replies, I find this a tricky one because I feel that if we have identified a child may have a special need but the parents dont want an outside agency to come a observe their child in order to find out, we need to get support or advise from somewhere in order to meet the child's individual needs and help them with possitive behaviour as much as we can!

[Ruthierhyme]

Hiya, if you've identified a need you may also have some idea which agency or professionals you'd be looking to speak with about it.

Have you spoken with a health professional about situations similar to this ie. concern that parents feel unwarranted.

You could find out what an observation or assessment performed by an external agency would provide everyone with - if a diagnosis or statement is necessary for accessing other resources and funding or if a general enquiry/knowledge of the needs is enough to plan the settings provision around the child, supporting them, their needs, individuality and parents wishes.

Is it possible parents feel threatened by what you've suggested, not knowing what the agency/observation and outcome may mean for them. Or maybe you could ask why they don't see the same level of concern as you do?

Adhd, autism, challenging behaviour, developmental delay, there's a huge amount of information online that can also help a setting source support.

Hth xx