Care & parenting skills
Understanding distressed behaviour
Children who come into care are likely to be processing a number of complex emotions. These can be linked to the circumstances that brought them into your care, which could include significant trauma.
What you will learn
- What distressed behaviour is.
- Why foster children might display distressed behaviour.
- How to set out your expectations regarding behaviour.
- Ways to build emotional literacy.
- How to help your foster child display their emotions in healthy and safe ways.
- How to de-escalate situations.
How the course works
The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.
A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.
Who it is for
Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.