The purpose of this assignment is to help you think critically about social-emotional development and social competence, as well as explore methods early childhood teachers or caregivers can use to support development.
After Deva’s visits to the three early childcare centers and a home-based childcare setting, she appreciates the importance of her staff understanding developmentally appropriate practices to meet the social-emotional, physical, and language and cognitive skills of infants and young children. For this critical thinking assignment, you will develop a PowerPoint presentation for her to present to her staff.
- Slide 1 – Title of the presentation
- Slides 2-3 – Define social-emotional competence, why it is important for caregivers to understand the social-emotional developmental characteristics of young children, and how these characteristics influence children’s behavior.
- Slides 4-5 – Define social-emotional learning and why it is important for caregivers to understand how it affects young children’s behavior.
- Slide 6 – Define secure attachment and provide three strategies to foster secure attachment.
- Slide 7 – Define temperament and provide three strategies to support and nurture each child’s strengths helping the child to adapt and become more confident.
- Slide 8 – Define emotional regulation and provide three strategies for children to manage the expression of feelings, thoughts, impulses, and behaviors.
References
Arizona Department of Education. (2018). Arizona early learning standards, 4th ed. Retrieved from: https://www.azed.gov/sites/default/files/2015/02/Arizona%20Early%20Learning%20Standards_4th%20Edition_2021.pdf
British BioMedicine Institute. (2020). Early childhood social emotional assessment: Key conceptual and measurement issues. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mEbmMnbyuw
Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning. (n.d.). Module 1: Social emotional development within the context of relationships. Retrieved from: http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/training_preschool.html#mod1
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Developmental milestones. Retrieved from: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/milestones/index.html
Child Mind Institute. (n.d.). What is self-regulation? Retrieved from: https://childmind.org/article/can-help-kids-self-regulation/
Child Trends. (n.d.). Social competence: Definition. Retrieved from: https://www.childtrends.org/research/research-by-topic/positive-indicators-project/social-competence
Committee for Children. (n.d.). What is social-emotional learning. Retrieved from: https://www.cfchildren.org/what-is-social-emotional-learning/
Fields, M.V., Meritt, P., & Fields, D. (2018). Constructive guidance and discipline: Birth to age eight, 7th ed. New York, NY: Pearson Education.
EED 212 Lesson 1 Critical Thinking Rubric (25 Points)
Criteria Unacceptable (0 points)
Emerging ( 1- 2 points)
Proficient (3 – 4 points)
Accomplished (5 points)
Slides 2 – 3 Social Emotional Competence Define social emotional competence, why it is important for caregivers to understand the social-emotional developmental characteristics of young children, and how these characteristics influence children’s behavior.
Unacceptable Definition, importance of understanding of social emotional development, and how characteristics influence development are incomplete.
Satisfactory definition, importance of understanding of social emotional development, and how characteristics influence development.
Exemplary definition, importance of understanding of social emotional development and how characteristics influence development.
Slides 4 – 5 Social Emotional Learning Define social and emotional learning and why it is important for caregivers to understand how it affects young children’s behavior.
Unacceptable Incomplete definition of social and emotional learning and importance of caregivers to understand how it affects behavior.
Satisfactory definition of social and emotional learning and importance of caregivers to understand how it affects behavior.
Exemplary definition of social and emotional learning and importance of caregivers to understand how it affects behavior.
Slide 6 Secure Attachment Define secure attachment and provide 3 strategies to foster secure attachment.
Unacceptable Definition is incomplete; response contains one strategy.
Definition is satisfactory; response contains two strategies.
Definition is thorough; response contains three strategies.
Slide 7 Temperament Define temperament and provide 3 strategies to support and nurture each child’s strengths helping the child to adapt and
Unacceptable Definition is incomplete; response contains one strategy.
Definition is satisfactory; response contains two strategies.
Definition is thorough; response contains three strategies.
become more confident
Slide 8 Emotional-Regulation Define emotional regulation and provide 3 strategies children to manage the expression of feelings, thoughts, impulses, and behaviors.
Unacceptable Definition is incomplete; response contains one strategy.
Definition is satisfactory; response contains two strategies.
Definition is thorough; response contains three strategies.
Total Possible Points Unacceptable (0 points)
Emerging (5 – 10 points)
Proficient (15 – 20 points)
Accomplished ( 25 points)