We were very interested to read the news story that appeared in Nursery World (26 October) about the two-year-old who had been excluded from a nursery in Hull following complaints about his habit of biting.
Biting is certainly an issue in the district of Bradford where we work as a multi-disciplinary area SENCO team, supporting practitioners in non-maintained childcare settings with advice for children from birth to 16 years.
Last year, in response to the high numbers of referrals and enquiries about biting, the team decided to set up a working party to look at this emotive issue. We felt it was important to develop strategies that would support settings, practitioners and parents with this developmental stage.
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