Teaching SocialEmotional Skills in Preschool Impacts Learning for
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Teaching Social/Emotional Skills in Preschool Impacts Learning for a Lifetime or How to Make Middle School a Better Place Cathy Cook, M. Ed. Training/Technical Assistance Coordinator, Region 5 Virginia Dept. of Education James Madison University
There are too many words and worries on this slide ! A National Portrait of Young Children at Special Risk for Early School Failure • More than 153, 000 children under age 6 are in foster care. • More than 300, 000 children under age 6 (half of whom are infants and toddlers) have incarcerated parents. • More than 567, 000 young children are homeless, representing 42 percent of all homeless children. • More than 300, 000 young children are victims of substantiated child abuse or neglect every year. • An estimated 2. 2 million young children (10 percent) live with parental substance abuse or dependence. • One to four million young children who are exposed to domestic violence. • An estimated 27 percent of low-income kindergarten children are affected by parental, especially maternal, depression. • An estimated 17 percent of young children have diagnosable emotional and behavioral disorders. http: //www. nccp. org/publications/pdf/text_648. pdf
The objectives for this presentation are to establish understanding of… 1) Why early childhood is 2) What is social emotional competence 3) What can we do early to make a difference later
Developing Brain AND Growing Child
#1 - Plasticity #2 - Mirror Neurons
Stress can be POISON if it is… Severe Persistent Uncontrollable
Executive Function
http: //www. ne. edu. sg/hhh_framework. htm
What is social and emotional competence and/or democratic life skills?
What will give your child his or her best chance at happiness? A. Having close friends B. Finding a satisfying career C. Living according to his or her values A Question from Brain Rules for Babies by John Medina
Whose job is this? ?
What can we do, sooner, to make a difference later? 1) Look at the research 2) Look at our own practice 3) Use the strategies recommended with intention and consistency
All Sequences Varying rates Interaction Experiences Self-regulation Relationships Social and Cultural Contexts Variety Play Challenged Learning
…must guide our practice!
What do we do, presently?
TEACHING THROUGH OUR ACTION � AND OUR INTERACTION WITH ALL PEOPLE IN THE CLASSROOM
What should we do? Model emotional expression and regulation
YOUR SKILLS promote Social and Emotional Competence to MAKE the DIFFERENCE in LEARNING for LIFE Source: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). (2005). NAEYC early childhood program standards and accreditation performance criteria. Washington, DC: NAEYC <www. naeyc. org>.
Resources for Teaching Social/Emotional Competence
High Expectations! Thank you for coming!
- Ca preschool foundations
- California preschool learning foundations volume 1
- Preschool learning foundations volume 3
- Preschool learning foundations volume 1
- California preschool learning foundations
- Preschool learning foundations math
- Preschool learning foundations
- Preschool learning foundations math
- Cuadro comparativo e-learning y b-learning
- Scaled down teaching situation
- Principles for teaching writing skills
- Disadvantages of micro teaching
- Skill of questioning in microteaching with examples
- Five steps in teaching tactical skills
- What is technology
- Materials technology positive impacts
- Positive impacts of information technology
- Fspos
- Negative social impacts of tourism
- The social impact of ict
- Putting-out system
- Impact of gaa on irish life
- Causes of the haitian revolution
- Negative impacts of materials technology
- Negative social impacts of tourism