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Tag Archives: behaviour management
Self-regulation in the presence of challenging behaviours
This article, by Colby Pearce, was originally published on 10/4/14 by Parenting Beyond Punishment as part of their No-Spank-Challenge. Some thoughts on how to manage your emotions in the presence of your child’s difficult and challenging behaviours I am the … Continue reading
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Getting ready for back to school
OK, so there is just under two weeks until the new school year and a common assertion to be heard from parents at this time is “my child is ready to go back to school”. A similar assertion is “I … Continue reading
Posted in AAA Caregiving, Adoption, Children's Behaviour, Fostering, Parenting, Schools, Wellbeing
Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, Adelaide, adoption, anxiety, arousal, behaviour management, behaviour problems, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, Education, fostering, kinship care, parenting, psychology, resilience, school, Secure Start
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Oral stimulation facilitates feelings of wellbeing
This is another of my posts on the Secure Start Facebook page. Let me know what you think! From the earliest hours of life, infants experience feelings of emotional wellbeing in association with suckling. As a result, a powerful association … Continue reading
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Tagged AAA caregiving, AAA parenting, adoption, anxiety, arousal, behaviour management, child psychologist, child psychologist Adelaide, childrens behaviour, fostering, meltdowns, parenting, resilience, Secure Start, wellbeing
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Restoring school-time sleep-wake cycle
This is the first of a series of a short posts that I prepared for my Secure Start Facebook page. For those of you who don’t follow my page, I have included it here for you. As the return to … Continue reading
Inadvertently Invalidating Conversations
“When I was a child we spent all day outside making cubby houses. Now my children spend all day in front of the computer making houses in Minecraft!” The above statement is an example of how much the lives of … Continue reading