Aggression Support Toolkit for Early Childhood Educators

Respond to aggression with a calm, consistent, and safety-focused plan.

The Aggression Support Toolkit helps educators and families understand what aggressive behaviour may be communicating, recognize common triggers, respond safely in the moment, and teach children safer ways to express their needs.

Instead of treating aggression only as misbehaviour, the resources encourage adults to consider possible factors such as overwhelm, frustration, communication difficulties, sensory needs, fatigue, hunger, or the need for connection and co-regulation.

YOU WILL RECEIVE SIX PRINTABLE RESOURCES:

• Aggression Support Package overview
• When Aggression Happens response guide
• Aggression Reflection Sheet
• Aggression Staff Discussion Guide
• Aggression Parent Handout
• Aggression Response Pocket Cue Card

The toolkit includes practical response language, immediate safety steps, prevention and redirection ideas, reflection questions, repair strategies, and space for staff to create a shared action plan.