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Preschoolers Social-Emotional Development Through Family Involvement Hannah Sauer, Abby Jensen, Jessie Thomas

Hannah Sauer Child Development major Goals: Preschool Teacher; Masters in Child Life? Interests : painting, photography, camping, going to the lake, missions trips, spending time with friends and family

Abby Jensen Child Development major with a minor in Applied Behavior Analysis Goals: Masters in Applied Behavior Analysis and become a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) Interests: hiking, traveling, reading, painting, trying new things, cooking, relaxing with my friends and family

Jessie Thomas Child Life major with a minor in Interpersonal Relations Goals: Work and do programing for an organization that serves individuals with disabilities or medical diagnoses in an outdoor setting (camp, outdoor education centers, etc.) Interests: Outdoor recreation, singing, spending time with friends and family, reading, learning new things, art, and travel.

Objectives Social-emotional development (SED): Family involvement: ● What it is ● What is it ● Benefits of it ● Social-emotional benefits of it ● Ways to foster it ● How families can get involved Activities: ● How they can promote SED ● Types of activities ● Specific examples

What is Social-Emotional Development (SED)? “Social-emotional development includes the child’s experience, expression, and management of emotions and the ability to establish positive and rewarding relationships with others”

Benefits of SED Fewer problem Engagement behaviors Relationships Communication skills Self awareness Expectations of Independence environment Emotional regulation

Relationships with others Emotional regulation ● Feel welcomed, loved, and accepted ● Manage and control emotions ● Improve communication Self-awareness ● Improve conflict resolution ● Identify emotions Independence ● Control their bodies ● Engage in appropriate behaviors ● Follow routines ● Communicate ● Complete self care tasks ● Confidently explore environment

Social-Emotional Teaching Pyramid Yellow foundation: Green Tier: ● Prevention ● Systems and ● targeted policies ● social emotional ● ensures sustainment strategies of evidence-based ● Challenging practices behavior Blue Tier: Red Tier: ● Universal supports ● Intervention ● all children ● individualized ● relationships ● intensive ● environments interventions

Ways to Foster SED Nurturing and Responsive Relationships ● Learn about each child ● Build relationships with families ● Provide families with information ● Professional collaboration High Quality Supportive Environments ● Give clear directions ● Intentionally arrange environments ● Positive adult-child interactions ● Consider the setting ● Developmentally and culturally appropriate

Ways to Foster SED cont. Targeted Social Emotional Supports ● Individualized instruction ● Systematic approach ● Comprehensive teaching ● Teacher-directed activities ○ Introducing ○ Rehearsing ○ Modeling ○ Role-playing ● Free-play ○ Practicing ○ Prompting in context ○ Feedback ● Guidance to caregivers

Ways to Foster SED cont. 2 Intensive Intervention ● Comprehensive ● Systematic and consistent ● Individualized Positive Behavior Support (PBS) ○ Natural environment ○ Assess triggers and function ○ Prevention strategies ○ Replace challenging behavior ● Developmentally appropriate ● Partnership

Discussion Knowing what you just learned about how to foster social-emotional development, how can you be intentional with this aspect of a child’s learning?

How Can Activities Foster SED? ● Offers support ● Teaches them to use their resources ● Creates an environment where they can ask questions, solve problems, and expand their mind. ● Encourages them to interact with others and teaches social skills such as verbal conversation, working together, and sharing.

There are many activities that you can do with children to help foster Social-Emotional Development. Some of these are: ● Songs ● Dramatic Play ● Creative storytelling ● Shape, number, or letter games ● Science or messy activities ● Blocks ● Circle games ● Many more!

Hickety Pickety Bumble Bee & London Bridge is Falling Down

Messy Science Story Stones Block Projections Matching Games

Activities In Practice...

Field Trip - Nature Scavenger Hunt

Mud Kitchen Free Play Talent Show

Relationship Building Block Structures

Writing Center

We have learned through our experience.... It’s not about the actual activity you implement, but how you take advantage of the opportunity to approach a child’s learning intentionally through an activity.

Group Activity!

Work Together ● Pick any combination of your objects (2-10) that you could use in an activity that will help foster a child’s social emotional development. Decide as a group how you will use each item. ● You are NOT LIMITED to the items in front of you. Get creative by incorporating loose parts or other resources you feel you could add to enhance your activity. Tell us about it: -What is the activity? -What materials will you use? -What will the child(ren) do during this activity? -How will this benefit a child’s social emotional development?

What is Family Involvement? ● Collaborative and strengths-based process in which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships. ● It is a shared responsibility between families and staff ● There needs to be mutual respect for the roles and strength each member has

Why is Family Involvement Important? When families, schools, and communities partner in promoting learning and healthy development for all children, student outcomes increase and schools thrive

Social-Emotional Benefits of Family Involvement 5 categories of benefits: ○ Child welfare ○ Juvenile justice ○ Behavioral health ○ Education ○ Early childhood education

Commonalities Across the Categories ● Improves the ability of families and children to cope with issues ● Improves and promotes communication and positive relationships with families, schools, and communities ● Builds trust within families and between families and schools ● Promotes social and emotional competence for children and youth

Examples of How Families Can Get Involved ● Nature Scavenger Hunt ○ Parents can do the same scavenger hunt around their neighborhood ○ When parents know what their children do at school, they are more likely to stay involved in their child’s learning ● Mud kitchen ○ Children can take what they have learned from playing in the mud kitchen to their home kitchen and help their parents cook ○ Children’s confidence can be boosted from helping their parents ● Story Stones ○ Parents and children can find stones together around their house and paint their own story ○ Can strengthen the bond between parents and children ○ Can help children cope if their is a big change going on in the family

In Conclusion Children's social-emotional development flourishes when their parents are actively involved in their learning, whether the learning takes place at school or home.

Thank You!

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