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Handling Challenging Behaviors in Child Care: Aggression and Anger in Young Children

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This resource list provides helpful information about managing challenging behaviors in child care settings.

IEL Resources

Web Resources

  • Dealing with the Angry Child Source: Virginia Cooperative Extension

    This article explains that parents and teachers can help children learn to cope with their feelings of anger and to express them appropriately.

  • Angry Kids: Dealing With Explosive Behavior Source: The Child Mind Institute

    How you react when a child lashes out has an effect on whether he will continue to respond to distress in the same way, or learn better ways to handle feelings so they don’t become overwhelming. This explains how adults should respond when children lash out.

  • Helping Young Children Channel Their Aggression Source: Zero to Three

    This article presents 12 suggestions that may help parents provide aggressive children with the guidance they need.

  • Helping Young Children Control Anger and Handle Disappointment (PDF) Source: The Center on Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning

    Controlling anger and impulse is perhaps the most difficult task of emotional literacy. This article explains how teachers can play a significant role in helping children learn to control their anger and impulses and to handle disappointment in appropriate ways.

  • Why Are These Children Acting This Way? Source: STARnet Regions I & III Apples Video Magazine

    This video presents that all behaviors communicate messages. Children need teachers who model and encourage respectful interactions.

  • Understanding Behavior Source: Vanderbilt University

    These resources address the function of behavior, and include the ABCs of Behavior, Choosing Strategies, and Teaching Replacement Skills.

  • Aggressive Behavior in Toddlers Source: Zero to Three

    This article will help parents help their child learn to manage strong emotions and reactions as they become aware of themselves as separate individuals from their parents and the other important people in their world.

About this Resource

Type of resource:
  • Resource List

Setting(s) for which the article is intended:
  • Child Care Center
  • Preschool Program

Intended audience(s):
  • Faculty / Trainer

Age Levels (the age of the children to whom the article applies):
  • Preschoolers (Age 3 Through Age 5)

Related Illinois Early Learning and Development Standards: