Resources about social development

Infants of Depressed Mothers Living in Poverty: Opportunities to Identify and Serve

More than half of all infants living in poverty have a mother suffering from depression. Urban Institute Fellow Olivia Golden discusses the dangers and developmental risks these babies and toddlers face. While depression is treatable, many poor mothers do not receive care. But opportunities do exist, Golden explains, to identify these depressed mothers and connect them to help and support.

Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with depression infant mental health social emotional development social emotional skills social development social/emotional social learning on February 10, 2011 #

Collaboration for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

CASEL was founded in 1994 by Daniel Goleman, the author of Emotional Intelligence, and educator/philanthropist Eileen Rockefeller Growald. CASEL's first years focused on gathering scientific evidence to demonstrate the contributions of social and emotional learning to students' school success, health, well-being, peer and family relationships, and citizenship. While still conducting scientific research and reviewing the best available science evidence, over time CASEL has increasingly worked to provide SEL practitioners and school administrators with the guidelines, tools, informational resources, policies, training, and supports they need to improve and expand their SEL programming.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social learning social development on March 25, 2010 #

Social Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention

While bullying is a pervasive problem in many schools, schools can take specific steps to improve the school climate and encourage positive interactions designed to reduce or prevent bullying. Schools using a social and emotional learning (SEL) framework can foster an overall climate of inclusion, warmth, and respect, and promote the development of core social and emotional skills among both students and staff. Because bullying prevention is entirely congruent with SEL, it can be embedded in a school’s SEL framework. The aims of this brief are to (a) provide a basic description of a school-wide SEL framework, (b) illustrate the relationship between social and emotional factors and bullying, and (c) explain how an SEL framework can be extended to include bullying prevention.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with bullying social/emotional social development on March 25, 2010 #

Desarrollo Social Emocional: Un Folleto para las Familias de Kansas

El temprano desarrollo de un niño sirve como base para el aprendizaje posterior. El propósito de este folleto es presentarle a las familias algunas habilidades, llamadas etapas de desarrollo, que los niños desarrollan y el orden en el cual suceden. Un muestreo de ideas se ofrece en las siguientes páginas para ayudar a que se desarrollen dichas habilidades.

Filed under Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with early childhood child development social/emotional social development ELG Early Learning Document on March 12, 2010 #

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Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood: A Booklet for Kansas Families

A child’s early development builds a foundation for later learning. The purpose of this booklet is to introduce families to some of the skills, called developmental milestones, that children develop and the order in which they happen. A sampling of ideas to help develop these skills is found in the following pages. Children develop differently, even in the same family. Two children, side by side, will not necessarily have the same skills at the same time. This booklet has been complied to provide information on the development of social and emotional skills in young children and is intended for use by Kansas families. This booklet weaves a common thread of understanding related to what social and emotional development looks like in early childhood. Suggested Use of This Booklet: • As a starting point for conversations about the development of children. • As a guide for families to help support their child’s development through suggested activities.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social development Early Learning Document ELG on March 12, 2010 #

Social Emotional Development

Social-emotional development involves the ability to form close, secure relationships and to experience, regulate, and express emotions. Social-emotional growth is affected by a variety of factors, such as an individual’s unique biology and temperament, as well as life experiences. * “Social” refers to how individuals interact with others. * “Emotional” refers to how individuals feel about themselves, others, and the world.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social development mental health development on January 14, 2010 #

Why Do Children Behave Aggressively?

Aggressive behavior—hitting, pinching, biting, and other acts through which children may hurt themselves or others—is a way children communicate by using their bodies. Children behave aggressively for a variety of reasons. Children may hit because they feel angry and frustrated. They may kick because they are still learning how to cooperate, share, and understand another person’s viewpoint. Children may throw toys when the environment is too noisy, chaotic, and busy.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with aggression behavior mental health social development on January 14, 2010 #

Message in a Backpack

Family friendly topic sheets are just right to print and share copies with the families in your program.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with development education play math language literacy toddlers social development on January 14, 2010 #

The Magic of Everyday Moments: Six to Nine Months

The booklets in this series, Magic of Everyday Moments, are not intended to be general guides to everything that is happening at each specific age. Instead, they focus on how, through interactions with your baby during everyday moments, you can support your baby's social, emotional and intellectual development. In fact, these everyday moments are rich opportunities to encourage your child’s development by building her self-confidence; curiosity; social skills; self-control and communication skills. Most of all you build her desire to learn about her world. These are linked with Permission from Zero to Three- www.zerotothree.org

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with communication cognitive Order from KPIRC social/emotional social development zero to three years infant development infant mental health on September 14, 2009 #

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The Magic of Everyday Moments: Birth to Four Months

The booklets in this series, Magic of Everyday Moments, are not intended to be general guides to everything that is happening at each specific age. Instead, they focus on how, through interactions with your baby during everyday moments, you can support your baby's social, emotional and intellectual development. In fact, these everyday moments are rich opportunities to encourage your child’s development by building her self-confidence; curiosity; social skills; self-control and communication skills. Most of all you build her desire to learn about her world. These are linked with Permission from Zero to Three- www.zerotothree.org

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC communication cognitive social/emotional infant mental health social development infant development zero to three years on September 14, 2009 #

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