Supporting Young Children with Challenging Behaviors

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.

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.

This article shows how early childhood educators can use strategies such as teaching empathy, discussing conflict, and developing expectations to support all young children and reduce their challenging behavior,

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

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.

This article, geared towards parents, goes over what typical behavior looks like, helps parents recognize true aggression, and lists strategies to help your child with aggression.

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

This 30-minute video presents that all behaviors communicate messages. Children need teachers who model and encourage respectful interactions.