An introuduction to the The Preschooler Personality. Identify four personality types. Discover how behaviour may be affected by personality.

1. The
Preschooler
Personality

2. The importance of knowing your
personality type:
 Assist in your relationships with others.
 ‘Parent’ personality type as reference
point.
 Effectively meet emotional needs of your
child in the best way for each of them.
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3. Personality Types
SA N GU I N E CH O LERI C
PH LEGM A TI C M ELA N CH O LY
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4. Personality Theory Comparison
Chart
Hippocrates Theory Galen DiSC - Personality
149AD – Profile System
Florence Littauer 1980s
Behaviour based Behaviourally
focused
Sanguine Influencing
Choleric Dominance
Melancholy Cautious
Phlegmatic Steadiness
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5. Why use The Preschooler
Personality?
 Assessments - Immediate, easy and quick.
 Effective for a child from the age of two.
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6. Why? Continued…..
 Parenting expectation
and child response.
 Effective parenting and
results.
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7. Aims of our Personality Program
 Identify your ‘parent’ personality type
 Discover your child’s personality type
 Understand your child’s behaviour
 Improve your parent-child interactions
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8. SANGUINE
Very loud and vocal
responds to attention
makes friends easily
imaginative and creative
loves to go out
very emotional
can be forgetful
easily distracted
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9. CHOLERIC
Responsible
self-sufficient
easily frustrated
very competitive
active
bossy
insistent
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10. Melancholy
Likes organisation and neatness
responds well to routine
creative and musical
functions well alone
anger can build up
very responsible
self conscious
very sensitive
critical
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11. Phlegmatic
The ‘text-book’ child
very easy going
very agreeable child
enjoys peace and quiet
sleep and rest
very quiet and laid back
fearful making decisions
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12. Behaviour, Child Development and
Personality
Consider:
 Most behaviour is normal.
 How the behaviour is carried
out.
 Personality clues to deal with
behaviour.
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13. Behaviour and Needs
Your child may act out to get personality needs met.
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14. Developmental Stages and
Behaviour Differences
 Realise that your child is normal and
unique
 One child’s perfections and
imperfections are as important and
useful as another.
 Work with your ‘gift’.
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15. Questions?
 What discipline techniques are most appropriate for
your particular child?
 Your parenting approach, is it working or not?
 Fairness? What does it look like for each
personality type?
 How does your child’s personality affect his/her
friendships?
 How does your child learn?
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16. Information
www.parentwithpotential.com
Eleanor Formaggio
Phone: 0421 879 327
This information is general and not
intended to replace professional
advice specific to your needs.
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