Babies and small children all too frequently suffer when their parents and families face difficulties such as family violence, mental illness and substance addiction. Sometimes babies and small children respond to these experiences with feelings or behaviour that might be difficult to understand or to manage, particularly in group settings such as early learning environments.
This resource has been written to help early childhood professionals consider the meaning of behaviour and gives some strategies to help educators help babies and small children when they have faced adversity.
It has been developed by the Berry Street Take Two Program, an intensive therapeutic service for Child Protection clients, with the assistance of a grant from the Foundation for Graduates in Early Childhood Studies.
