Social/Emotional Development

1. Social/Emotional Development

2. Emotional Development • The process of learning to recognize and express one’s feelings • The process of learning to establish one’s identity as a unique person A child with healthy emotional development becomes an adult who has self-confidence, can handle stress, and shows empathy toward others.

3. Social Development • The process of learning to interact with others and to express oneself to others Healthy social development results in adults who shows compassion for others, can communicate well with others, and listen to different points of view before acting

4. How are Social and Emotional Development Related? • A child’s feelings about herself, results in how she behaves towards others • The way others treat a child affects how he feels about himself • Emotional and social development are connected, they are dependent on each other.

5. Development of Emotions and Feelings • Emotion- comes from the Latin word meaning to move away and to disturb or excite. L. emovere • Emotions are the affective response from an event- come from within the individual; can be triggered by an external event • Feeling- refers to a physical sense of, or an awareness of an emotional state • Feeling- involves the capacity to respond to that emotional state

6. Emotions and Feelings are REAL • May be triggered from the outside • Feelings belong to the person experiencing them • Never discount another’s feelings • Young children’s feelings should be acknowledged and accepted • Feelings and emotions develop and change over time • All feelings are good- they carry energy, have purpose, and provide us with messages that are important to our sense of self-direction • “Yes” feelings: joy, pleasure, delight, power, contentment, satisfaction • “No” feelings: fear, anger, anxiety,

7. Teaching Emotions • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e6-IL-Vf8 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqWo-GswzJY • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTziMz8ukSg

8. Attachment • The bond formed between a parent or caregiver and a child • “Bonding” • Grows slowly over time as individuals get to know each other and learn each other’s special way of communicating • Involves closenessand responsiveness • Babies need lots of love, touch, and opportunities to learn • Babies who do not form bonds have brains 20% -30% smaller than average!!!! • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073378542/student_view0/chapter5/video_observations.html#

9. Milestones of Attachment • Trust- babies react differently to the people they are attached to • Preferential response indicates developing trust (following person with eyes and crawling after them) • Mutually responsive behaviors (touching, fondling, eye contact, feeding) help form close relationships • Through this process neurons in the brain form pathways and the physical foundations of trust • http://kera-kids.kera-interactive.org/ready-for-life/parents/attachment-socialization/videos/how-does-attachment-affect-development/

12. Failure to Thrive • A condition in which the baby does not grow and develop properly due to lack of love and attention • Babies become unattached and even as adults, they will be challenged to develop caring, meaningful relationships with others EX: Romanian Orphanages http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6089477

13. Other Barriers to Attachment • http://kera-kids.kera-interactive.org/ready-for-life/parents/attachment-socialization/videos/barriers-to-attachment/

14. Building TRUST The attitude newborns develop about their world depends on how their needs are met

15. Building TRUST A child that is kept warm and dry, fed when hungry, soothed when fussy, and talked to when Awake =equals A child that develops a sense of security!

16. Emotional Climate • Feelings are contagious • Babies understand the tone of emotions long before they understand the meanings of words • Find ways to release negative feelings away from the baby • A caring environment created by a patient and calm caregiver is very important

17. Self Direction and Self Regulation Strategies for Fostering Self Regulation: • Help Young children pay attention to their perceptions; use words for their experience” “That soup is hot”. “That loud noise scared you.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAqGGpj0Ans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZPfBiseAXo • Allow quiet times so that young children can focus on their own experiences, especially when they are deeply involved in an activity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI9ltzKAN-M http://youtu.be/lRWlJaAOFO8

18. Strategies for Fostering Self Regulation: 3. Provide an appropriate environment and stable relationships, then allow young children’s sense of self direction to move them toward what they need to do developmentally (tasks like crawling, walking, or talking); when they are ready to move on, they will. 4. Provide choices: when a person (at any age) is given a choice, he or she is more apt to learn from that experience, thus becoming more competent and eventually becoming a more confident decision maker.

19. TemperamentA person’s own style of reacting to the world and relating to others • Intensity • Persistence • Sensitivity • Perceptiveness • Adaptability • Regularity • Energy • First Reaction • Mood

20. Temperament Test • http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp Print out the results. Answer the following questions……..