Developing Social Competency in Young Children
Will be published approx. on 20. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-60554-653-7 (ISBN)
Description
Teach young children to navigate the seven Cs of social competency: communication, community building, coping, confidence, conflict resolution, control, and curiosity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
St Paul, MN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60554-653-7 (9781605546537)
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Person
Christine A. Schmidt is the owner of 2 CR Solutions, Ltd., a consulting, training, and technical assistance company for organizations that serve children birth through age 18. She has worked as a child care director, grant manager, and accreditation support staff. Christine is the coauthor of Great Afterschool Programs and Spaces That Wow! and The Child Care Director's Complete Guide.
Content
Chapter 1: Understanding Social Competency
Chapter 2: Communication
Chapter 3: Coping
Chapter 4: Community Building
Chapter 5: Conflict Resolution
Chapter 6: Confidence
Chapter 7: Curiosity
Chapter 9: Tying It All Together
- Define Social Competencies
- Benefits of Positive Social Skills
- Providers' Role
Chapter 2: Communication
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Expressing feeling
- Reading body language
- Listening
- Assertiveness
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with communication
Chapter 3: Coping
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Dealing with stress of nonsuccess
- Dealing with a crisis
- Anger management
- Self-control
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with coping skills
Chapter 4: Community Building
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Friendship skills
- Working in a group
- Cooperation
- Empathy
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with community building
Chapter 5: Conflict Resolution
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Aversion to violence
- Negotiation
- Resolution strategies
- Compromise
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with conflict resolution
Chapter 6: Confidence
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Positive self-image
- Sense of capableness
- Feeling loved
- Sense of acceptance
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with confidence
Chapter 7: Curiosity
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Adventurous
- De-stressing
- Desire to learn
- Explorer
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with curiosity Chapter 8: Control
- Definition
- Associated Skills
- Responsibility
- Self-discipline
- Choosing the right response
- Internalize self-control
- Providers' Role
- Intentional teaching
- Environment design
- Strategies for encouraging skill
- Parent and Staff Education
- Strategies for delivering a message
- Tips to clips
- Children's books dealing with control
Chapter 9: Tying It All Together
- Available Assessment Tools
- Creating an Action Plan