CHCIC510A - Understanding What Parents Deem As Challenging Behavior

[Tesha Young]

Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: chcic510A
Your Assignment Type: Other
Currently Working in Childcare? Yes
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge

Your Question?
How do we work out what parents deem as challenging behaviours?

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
Iam currently doing my diploma in children's services and so far I have answered that parents see as challenging behaviours the child not listening or doing as they are told, being aggressive with their peers or staff, hurting themselves e.g biting or scratching themselves. Am I on the right track here?

Description and Message:

[Lorina]

See if the following helps:

Agreeing Acceptable and Unacceptable Behaviours

Staff, volunteers, children, young people and parents/carers should be involved in developing
an agreed statement of what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable behaviour (code of
conduct) and the range of sanctions which may be applied in response to unacceptable
behaviour. This can be done at the start of the season, in advance of a trip away from home
or as part of a welcome session at a residential camp.

Issues of behaviour and control should regularly be discussed with staff, volunteers, parents
and children in the context of rights and responsibilities. When children are specifically asked,
as a group, to draw up a code of conduct that will govern their participation in club activities,
experience indicates that they tend to arrive at a very sensible and working set of ‘rules’ with
greater ‘buy-in’ from participants than those simply imposed by adults within the club. If and
when such a code is compiled, every member of the group can be asked to sign it, as can
new members as they join.

Ref: http://lb.soticservers.net/tools/docume ... 10825].pdf

,
L.A