As any parent will attest, on some days, in some situations or in some circumstances, children might not behave just as you would wish or expect.
Most “misbehaviour” occurs for a reason. Your child may feel frustrated, scared, lacking in confidence, lonely, exuberant, tired, unwell, distracted, hungry, cold, uncomfortable, distressed, excluded, ignored etc. They can be reacting to external influences – noise, adjoining activities, temperature, rain, wind, out of routine etc. Or there may have been circumstances immediately prior to or during their Soccatoos program session that has set them “off course”.
With time and the right technique or approach, most misbehaviour can usually be managed and overcome.
Soccatoos coaches are experienced at understanding the reasons for common misbehaviours and will employ a range of techniques and approaches to captivate, entertain and re-engage children.
However, sometimes the children might not respond to what normally works.
Your Soccatoos coaches may need to bring your child to sit with you until they settle and are ready to re-engage and behave appropriately. For example, we may accompany a child from the court if she/he is being consciously and repeatedly violent, disruptive, destructive or indecent.
We promise not to forget them and will call on them throughout the remainder of the class to invite them to re-join the group and will take the opportunity to reinforce positive behaviours with them.
In a worst case scenario, where a child’s serious misbehaviour cannot be curbed and Soccatoos determines that other participant children, parents, spectators, coaches or anyone else present is at risk, we may either:
- refuse or limit any positive reinforcements usually offered to the child; and/or
- prohibit the child from re-joining the session; and/or
- ask the child to leave the venue; and/or
- transfer the child to another program; and/or
- cancel the child’s enrolment for the remainder of the term.