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Top Tips for Helping Children Feel Great and Do Well

Listen to what children Focus on strengths – even
need (their 5C Needs) to if they are not being used
Keep high expectations &
Hook children in with feel great and do well – in helpful ways …. yet.
Make great relationships positivity, fun and interest give high support. give them a sense of
your priority. – make it worth being there Be persistent and insistent control. Support children to
with you. with a bucketful of Focus on helping them recognise and strengthen
kindness.
become strong self- weaker skills with explicit
advocates. teaching and practice.

Be consistent in your
Agree expectations for Be reflective. After any
Be clear about what will expectations;
everyone to be at their Be calm, kind and incidents, reflect: what
happen when someone Always respond calmly;
best – Good for Me, Good supportive: help children would I do the same?
cannot keep to the always follow-up.
for You, Good for get back on track privately. What would I do
expectations. Focus on building children’s
Everyone. differently?
self-responsibility.