A Quick Guide to: fostering holistic child development

Learn to support emotional processing through observation, empathetic dialogue, and goal-setting for holistic child development and resilience.

1. Label the emotions or feelings observed, but be mindful not to reinforce fear or anger. For example: ‘What is it you are feeling right now?’ serves better than ‘You must be scared right now’.
2. Acknowledge the fact that the child is experiencing a difficult emotion, but gently remind them they need to implement and follow an action plan, for example, ‘What can you do now?’ or ‘What is the next step?’.
3. Ask . . .
   

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