 Guidance on Your Child's Behaviour and Child Care
After some Guidance on Your Child's Behaviour or Child Care?
 Mum Zone's resident
Child Behavioural and Child Care Expert
Ruth Powell, author of Choosing Child Care, is available for advice on the following areas:
- Guiding children's behaviour, setting developmentally appropriate limits / rules
- Holistic parenting, children's spiritual growth
- Establishing routines
- Activity ideas
- Setting up the home environment to help support routines and limits
- Strategies for dealing with sibling rivalry / establishing positive relationships
- Choosing a child care centre that meets your child's and family's needs
- Settling children into care outside of the home
- Being involved in your child's day when they attend care.
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Ruth's Responses to Readers' Questions
Our resident Child Behavioural and Child Care Expert Ruth Powell, author of
Choosing Child Care is available to answer your questions.
View Mum Zone Readers' Questions and Ruth's Responses.
Example Reader's Question for Ruth
My son turned 2 last week, and attends daycare 4 days a week (since 10 months old has been at same centre). I have had numerous meetings with Day care about his hitting, pushing, biting and pulling hair. He has started to do it to myself and hubby as well. We say no and focus on gentle touch, which is what day care have suggested. They now have told me it is so bad they cannot take their eyes off him as he targets children and babies and pushes and pulls and bites. I am also noticing the main carer's frustration when I go to collect him each day and they are telling me what I should be doing....
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Powell and she will endeavour to answer you as
soon as she can. Depending on the time she has available, Ruth will
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About Ruth and Choosing Child Care
About
Ruth Powell
I recently moved permanently back to Perth after many years moving around Australia (and the US) with my husband's work. I have a son and daughter aged eight and five and Australia's best traveled 13 year old red heeler, who is as happy as us to now be staying put! I am the Author of Choosing Child Care and have recently launched a Behavioural Guidance service 'Parents Embrace' I have worked and studied over twenty years in the early child hood field and feel more passionate than ever about the care of young children with a particular interest in behavioural guidance and choosing the right Child Care for children.
Ruth's formal qualifications and previous work experience include:
- Director of both small and large Child Care Centres throughout Australia
- Reviewer (validator) of Child Care Standards for the National Child Care Accreditation Council
- Policy writing and consultation for both government and private organisations.
- Lifeline telephone counsellor
- Bachelor of Social Science (Children and Family Studies) - Edith Cowan University, Perth
- Diploma in Social Science (Child Care)
 About
Choosing Child Care and Behavioural Guidance Consulting
Choosing Child Care is an affordable book / easy to read guide for all parents who are either looking to use or currently have their child in Child Care or Early Childhood programme. The book gives parents knowledge regarding quality care practices as well as insight into your child's day whilst in care. Ruth wrote Choosing Child Care to enable parents to feel confident when leaving their child whilst helping to bridge the gap between the environment of home and care.
Behaviour Guidance consulting: 'Parents embrace' is an affordable telephone and email consulting service that covers a wide range of everyday worries and ongoing behaviour problems that parents are often faced with. I have found my knowledge in Child Development invaluable with my own children yet my children continue to teach, delight and....yes, challenge me! My experience as a parent has truly deepened my knowledge and understanding of children's natural enthusiasm, play and spirituality. Challenging behaviour in children can seem over whelming at times, as it can feel like each week can bring with it a new challenge. I evaluate the behaviour and work closely with parents to define and implement a clear, effective strategy that supports a positive parenting approach.
For more information on Choosing Child Care visit www.choosingchildcare.com.au.
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neither Mum Zone or Ruth Powell, author of Choosing Child Care are liable
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