Universal
Lancashire early years PSED road map universal toolkit.
EYFS statutory framework (GOV.UK)
EYFS Statutory framework for childminders and group and school-based providers
Supporting and understanding children’s behaviour
"Providers and childminders are responsible for supporting, understanding, and managing children’s behaviour in an appropriate way.
Providers and childminders must not give or threaten corporal punishment or any punishment which could negatively affect a child's well-being. Providers must take reasonable steps to ensure that corporal punishment is not given by anyone who is caring for or is in regular contact with a child, or by anyone living or working in the premises where care is provided. Any early years provider who does not meet these requirements commits an offence. A person will not be considered to have used corporal punishment (and therefore will not have committed an offence), if physical intervention was taken to avert immediate danger of personal injury to any person (including the child) or to manage a child’s behaviour if absolutely necessary.
Providers and childminders must keep a record of any occasion where physical intervention is used, and parents and/or carers must be informed on the same day, or as soon as reasonably practicable."
Non-statutory curriculum guidance - 'Development Matters' (GOV.UK)
6. Self-regulation and executive function. Page 11.
Birth to 5 Matters
Self-regulation key points and pedagogy.
Working with the revised EYFS: Principles into Practice by Julian Grenier (Connect Childcare)
Self-regulation and executive function pages 51 to 56.
Positive behaviour policy
Behaviour management audit
Assessment Tracking and Target Setting Tool (ATTS) (PDF 2.43 MB)
Enabling environments pages 95 to 108.
Continuing professional development (CPD)
Lancashire Early Years Training: Training for PSED: BEHAVE and Social development
External links:
- Help for Early Years: Emotions, Sense of Self and Relationships
- Education Endowment Foundation: Approaches and practices to support Personal, Social and Emotional development in the Early Years
- Education Endowment Foundation: Self-regulation strategies
- Education Endowment Foundation: EEF podcast: Personal Social and Emotional Development (PSED)
- National Health Service (NHS): Dealing with child behaviour problems
- Professional association for childcare and early years (Pacey): Supporting behaviour of 2-year-olds
- Personal Social and Emotional Development in the early years a handbook for practitioners (Anna Freud PDF)
Marketed booklets: publications for sale
The documents include environment audits, creating calm environments, mindfulness activities, peer massage and much more:
- Behaviour that challenges booklet
- Children’s Wellbeing booklet
- Children’s Wellbeing Toolkit – the chapters within this booklet include mental health, sleep, exercise, healthy relationships, nutrition, and wellbeing.
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development booklet
- PSED and meeting the needs of boys – through enabling, indoor, outdoor, and emotional environments
Lancashire Family Hubs Network
A Family Hub is a place where children, young people and their families can access support. They work with partner organisations like the NHS or schools/ settings to provide practitioners, children, and families with the help they need. There is support for children 0-5 and parenting and family groups.
Children and Family Wellbeing Service
The Children and Family Wellbeing Service, previously children's centres and Young People's Service, provide services to help with parenting and other support for families.