We welcome the nurture team into school. Some feedback from Sarah Richards of the LEA...                                                   

Parents were positive about the Programme. They reported:

1. •an uplifting experience in a supportive atmosphere  
   

2. •a better understanding of family relationships and parenting  
   

3. •improved confidence and communication with their children  
   

4. •more positive attitudes towards their children  
   

5. •positive behaviour reinforcing techniques like Choices and Consequences were most successful  
   

6. •Time Out (as a punishment) and ignoring were least successful
   

Positive discipline – learning new ways to encourage co-operation and self discipline in children.

·         Choices and Consequences

·         Praise/kindness chart

·         ‘I’ statements

·         time out to calm down

·         rewards and penalties/family rules

·         behaviour to ignore

·         problem solving and negotiating