Worried about my son's behaviour

fsdss

can ask if he went through a violent stage before? maybe terrible two's etc.

the second stage i would suggest to the nursery (and yourself) to observe his behaviour to recognise a trigger. tbh usually this is something easy to resolve if you have the right support and encouragement.

be sure to over praise him at home about the nice behaviours he displays towards his sister - this will encourage him to repeat the niceties more.

the nursery would call in the Senco in they feel his behaviour is out of control - but i doubt that this will happen over a 3 month period of which he has been displaying

Miss_Behaving

fsdss wrote: »

the second stage i would suggest to the nursery (and yourself) to observe his behaviour to recognise a trigger. tbh usually this is something easy to resolve if you have the right support and encouragement

Agree wholeheartedly with this! Get the nursery to carry out some event observations - this will help pinpoint why he's behaving 'badly' (I would expect the nursery to have started to monitor this already). It may be that he's tired, being provoked, hungry etc. Does he have good language skills - if not he may find using actions is the only way he can currently communicate his displeasure/anger or he's frustrated that he can't make himself understood. You say that his unwanted behaviour began 3 months ago - can you think of anything which may have triggered this (bereavement, house move, moving rooms within the nursery)?

Personnally and professionally I disagree with the use of the 'naughty step' - when children are displaying undesirable behaviour it usually means that they need your love and support all the more - allienting him serves no purpose as realistically at 4 so he's not going to sit there and reflect on what he's done wrong.

Your health visitor will be an excellent source of advice if you can get hold of her, alternatively speak to your GP.