The Beckies chat with Hayley Rice Child Psychotherapist - and discover what do children and families need to thrive

Here The Beckies are joined by Hayley a child and adolescent  psychotherapist.Hayley was a teacher who decided to understand and research further around supporting  emotions in the classroom. She fell in love with play therapy and how to understand and support  children. Working with families and creating robust connections is so important.With the child at the centre and building trusting relationships is always the place to start. We look at anxiety for children, perhaps running away, not wanting to go in. Hayley discusses anger as an anxiety and fear response.  We explore children's behaviour as communication. Don't often think of soothing when we see anger have a listen and see what could help our responses as educators and families. Take a breath and feel into what is going on for you - soften ourselves and think how we are framing this.  Respond and validate. Grab a cuppa and have a 10 min listen with us.Thank you for listening and being part of this awesome early years educational environment creating spaces where all children are understood. www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk [email protected] Love the Beckies Hayley - www.hayley-rice.comwww.instagram.com/hayley_rice__Head to  www.thrivinglanguage.co.uk to discover more with The Beckies.Training for educators, key note speakers and workshops, one to one sessions for speech language and communication  play sessions for children and families.Publications Routledge:Speech Language and Communication in the Early YearsSpeech Language and Communication for Healthy Little MindsEmail [email protected] you for listening and being part of this awesome Thriving community who empower all children to be understood. Love The Beckies