In this story, Nadine, a family day care educator, shares her experience of working with a young child with additional needs and how this changed her practice.

When the child began at her service, Nadine noticed he was not meeting all the milestones and she describes her journey of working with him and his family. She recounts the strategies that she used to raise her concerns with the child’s carers and how she needed to critically reflect on her own programming to ensure she was meeting the needs of all the children. This included designing the learning environment to support children’s self-regulation of emotions and behaviour.

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