Fostering Social Competencies in Deaf Children
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Fostering Social
Competencies in Deaf Children
Cindi Sternfeld, Ed.S. March 16, 2013
• Researchers and Teachers of deaf students across the country are using standardized and home-grown programs to work with Deaf students & they are getting results.
Who’s on the case?
Who’s looking at the work? Asiah Mason, Ph.D. , Laurent Clerc National
Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet Diane Morton, Ph.D., Gallaudet University Dorie Noll, Washington University School of
Medicine Maria Suarez, University of La Laguna, Spain
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Helping Children to survive and thrive in today’s social landscape
Survive – To not die or disappear, to live through something
vsThrive – to grow vigorously and healthily, to do well
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Alphabet SoupCASEL – Collaborative for Academic and Social Emotional Learning
SEL = Social Emotional Learning
EI – Emotional Intelligence
EF – Executive Function
Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, CASEL
CASEL works to advance the science of social and emotional learning, expand integrated evidence-based SEL practice and to advance the field of Social Emotional Learning.
Founded by Daniel Goleman & Eileen Rockefeller-Gorwald in 1994◦Researches SEL curricula◦Develops list of evidence based SEL programs
◦Evidence Based SEL Practice…….what does this mean for our population?
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Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process of developing social and emotional skills in the context of safe, caring, well managed and engaging learning environments.
CASEL, 2006
From MindUp: Creating the optimistic classroom –
Remind students not to talk over you or each other and to give everyone a chance to be heard.
Always….Pause for a moment before calling on students to answer questions.
Give students the option of answering with “I need to think about that some more” and then schedule a time to return to the discussion.
Encourage students to take a moment to write notes before group discussions.
Allow students to formulate follow-up questions after they have had time to digest learning.
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Social Emotional Learning CASEL
“So, what’s this got to do with Math?”
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Instruction in SEL has been found to improve:
◦Promote positive youth development
◦Attitudes – Motivation & Commitment
◦Behavior - Participation and Study Habits
◦Performance – Grades and Subject Mastery
◦Learning-to-learn skills◦Adaptability◦Develops skills employers want
Zins, J., Weissberg, R., Wang, M., and Walberg, H. (Eds.) (2004). Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What
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CASEL’s SEL 5 Core Areas 1. Self-Awareness2. Self-Management3. Social Awareness4. Relationship Skills5. Responsible Decision Making
As we examine the components of each, make notes of the specific skills that your children….
…would be really good at…would really struggle with
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Emotional Intelligence Being able to motivate
oneselfBeing able to persist in the
face of frustrationsTo control impulseTo delay gratificationTo regulate one’s moodsTo keep distress from
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SEL Core Areas
Self-Awareness
Self-Management
Social Awareness
Relationship Skills
Responsible Decision Making
Ability to:Self motivatePersist - even when
frustrated Control impulsesDelay gratificationRegulate moodKeep distress from
swamping ◦ the ability to think ◦ to empathize ◦ to hope
E.I. Skills
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Suarez and others have observed social learning delays among Deaf children in:
EmpathySocial
PerceptionSocial Problem
SolvingSocial
Attribution
Communication
Role-taking ability
Moral Development
Impulse Control
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Suarez found that Deaf children, given SEL instruction showed gains in several areas:
Emotional adjustment Social adjustment Self image Problem solving More effective social
behavior
Assertiveness Increased control
over behavior Ability to stop and
think in order to avoid impulsive behavior
Maria Suarez, Promoting Social Competence in Deaf Students; The Effect of an Intervention Program. University of La Laguna, Spain. 2000 3/16/2013 C.Sternfeld
Asiah Mason, Ph.D.
Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center Early (language-based)
skills that support EI development: Self RegulationAttachmentEmotional ExpressionSocial PragmaticsFeelings of Belonging
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Language Competence enables us to:Interact with othersAcquire informationQuestion informationForm own opinionsBe a thinkerBe independent
Diane Morton, Ph.D., Gallaudet University
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Being competent in a language is the key to social and emotional
success and well being.
Diane Morton, Ph.D., Gallaudet University
What the research shows: Deafness does not preclude one’s
ability to develop Social Emotional Competence.
Deaf children from Deaf families consistently score on par with hearing children from hearing families.
Children who lack ongoing access to experiences mediated through language, and lack expressive and receptive skills to be a full participant in their worlds will have significant social difficulty.
In the brain, social difficulty begets social difficulty.
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Self AwarenessAccurately assessing one’s feelings, interests, values and strengths; maintaining a well grounded sense of self confidence.
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Self-Management Regulating one’s emotions to handle stress, control impulses, and persevere in overcoming
obstacles;Setting and monitoring progress
toward personal and academic goals
Expressing emotions appropriately
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From MindUp: Creating the optimistic classroom –
Remind students not to talk over you or each other and to give everyone a chance to be heard.
Always….Pause for a moment before calling on students to answer questions.
Give students the option of answering with “I need to think about that some more” and then schedule a time to return to the discussion.
Encourage students to take a moment to write notes before group discussions.
Allow students to formulate follow-up questions after they have had time to digest learning.
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Amygdala
Hippocampus
Prefrontal Cortex
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Social AwarenessBeing able to take the
perspective and empathize with others; recognizing and
appreciating individual and group similarities and differences;
recognizing and using family, school and community resources
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Relationship SkillsEstablishing and maintaining
healthy and rewarding relationships based on cooperation; resisting
inappropriate social pressure; preventing, managing, and
resolving interpersonal conflict; seeking help when needed.
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Responsible Decision Making
Making decisions based on consideration of ethical
standards, safety concerns, appropriate social norms, respect
for others, and likely consequences of various actions; applying decision-making skills to academic and social situations; contributing to the well-being of one’s school and community.
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And then there’s Executive Function…
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Executive Functioning Refers to our ability to be able to: make and carry out plansdirect our attention focus & control our internal statesour impulses & emotions switch from one task to anotherIt is involved in processes such as
planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiating appropriate actions & inhibiting actions, and selecting relevant information.
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Ross Greene “Lost At School” Behind every challenging behavior is an unsolved problem or lagging skill.Challenging behavior often occurs when the demands being placed on a kid exceed his capacity to respond adaptively.One needs to determine what thinking skill the child is lacking so that the thinking skill can be taught.One needs to determine the triggers/antecedents: the what, who, when, and where.The goal is to develop a plan with the child that resolves the problem in a realistic and mutually satisfactory manner.
Slide by: Dr. Caren Baruch-Feldman
New Information = New Possibilities
Technology is teaching us how to strengthen social function
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What is a Neural Network and how can it support improved social
function? Neurons that fire together, wire
together. Every time you repeat a behavior, you
strengthen the neural structure of that behavior, creating more potential for more of the behavior.
Using Neurology, Psychology and Contemplative Practice to increase happiness.
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Recognizing “The Brain on Emotions”
Limbic System◦Amygdala◦Hippocampus
Prefrontal CortexSympathetic Nervous System ResponseParasympathetic Nervous System
ResponsePotentiating Neural Networks
◦Positive Experiences ◦Negative Experiences
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SEL Programs to check out…
MindUp (Hawn Foundation)Nurtured Hearts PATHS – Promoting Alternative
Thinking Skills The Responsive ClassroomPeaceWorksSocial Decision Making, Social
Problem Solving
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SEL Programs MindUp http://thehawnfoundation.org/mindup/
The Nurtured Heart http://www.childrenssuccessfoundation.com/ PATHS: Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies http://www.channing-bete.com/prevention-programs/
paths/paths.html The Responsive Classroom http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/ Peachmaking Skills for Little Kids by Peaceworks http://www.peaceeducation.org
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Information from works of: Asiah Mason, Ph.D. , Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education
Center, GallaudetEmotional Intelligence: The Implications for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students Diane Morton, Ph,D, Professor, Department of Counseling.
Gallaudet UniversitySOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF DEAF CHILDREN SAME OR DIFFERENT? Dorie Noll, Washington University School of MedicineActivities for social skills development in deaf children preparing to enter the mainstream, 2007 Maria Suarez, University of La Laguna, Spain Promoting Social Competence in Deaf Students: The Effect of an Intervention Program, 2000 Zins, J., Weissberg, R., Wang, M., and Walberg, H. (Eds.)
(2004). Building Academic Success on Social and Emotional Learning: What Does the Research Say? , New York: teachers College Press
Dan Goleman, 1996: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Bantam Books
Ross Greene 1998: The Explosive Child. Harper 2009: Lost At School, Scribner
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Please feel free to contact me at:
Cindi Sternfeld4 South Union Street, Suite DLambertville, NJ 078530
(609) 510-6092