Managing The Challenging Early Years Behaviour Webinar

In this essential follow-up webinar, internationally renowned early years consultant Dr. Sue Roffey focuses on what to do in the moment when behaviour becomes challenging. Building on June’s session about shaping positive behaviour, Part 2 offers practical, compassionate strategies for responding when children refuse, protest, lash out, or seem like they’re “just not listening”. Sue explains how understanding developmental stages and the meaning behind behaviour can transform your responses – and strengthen how children feel about themselves.

What you'll learn:
• What age-appropriate behaviour looks like across babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers
• How to use attention effectively to encourage positive behaviour
• The difference between punishment and natural consequences – and how to make consequences meaningful
• Practical ideas for supporting SEND and neurodivergent children, including non-verbal learners
• Approaches for working with parents when behaviour differs between home and your setting
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🕒 Timestamps
0:00 Introductions
2:00 Managing the challenging
2:40 Different developmental levels & behaviours
4:05 What is a 'good baby'?
5:34 Toddlers - independence & frustration
7:08 Pre-schoolers are still ego-centric
8:03 What helps?
11:24 Check the basics
12:56 What else is going on?
13:12 Tired isn't always sleepy!
13:54 What else helps?
14:30 Don't think of an elephant
14:58 Clear, concise communication - with clues
17:00 Tone, volume & words matter
18:19 Curtailing attention
19:06 Strategic ignoring
21:56 What happens if you say "No, no no, well alright then?"
23:06 Corners, collaboration and creativity
24:24 What have you done?
24:49 Natural consequences/not punishment
26:30 Afterwards
26:45 Reinforcing learning
28:28 More Information
29:40 Questions and answers
29:43 How do you support a child not paying attention during group time?
32:13 How do we quickly judge what is age-appropriate behaviour?
34:08 How to deal with a child kicking & punching with physical touch?
35:02 Natural consequences recommended for a child winding up another child?
36:25 How to support non-verbal children with challenging behaviour?
38:13 How to encourage neurodivergent children to share?
39:08 How to support parents at home with challenging behaviour?
40:44 Advice on children with a lack of boundaries in place at home
42:30 Creative comments
47:08 How to deal with unsafe/unwanted behaviour in a classroom environment?
49:11 Thank you everyone!
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IMPORTANT: All guest speaker presentations included are the copyright of each speaker and cannot be reproduced or used for any purpose without the permission of the individual speaker.
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Dr. Sue Roffey's Presentation – https://bit.ly/4i86v0c
Supporting ‘Non-compliant’ Children In The Early Years – https://bit.ly/3JR7gy3

Sue's Books and Resources:
• The Primary Behaviour Cookbook – https://amzn.to/47ZIHXW
• Circle Solutions for Student Wellbeing – https://bit.ly/489FQM5
• ASPIRE Culture Card – https://atmybest.com/pages/aspire-cul...