Early years practitioners play a vital role in the emotion and behavior that occurs within children. Practitioners usually must set up an environment that promotes positive and healthy attitudes towards another and towards oneself. This allows for intervention and prevention of a child getting a behavioral and emotional disorder from a young age. According to the book Teaching and Working with Children Who Have Emotional and Behavioral Challenges, a practitioner must create positive prevention strategies such as ‘expression of the value of all members of the school community, school environments marked by a high academic expectation, positive behavioral expectations, student-centered instruction, positive and proactive approach towards school
