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SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN / GSS 2023

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

1. INTRODUCTIONWhat is social and emotional development of young children ?

Social and Emotional Development means, how do children start to understand who they are,

what they are feeling, what they expect to receive from others? These concepts are at the heart of

their social-emotional wellness. They contribute to a childs self-confidence and empathy, her

ability to develop meaningful and lasting friendships and partnerships, and her sense of

importance and value to those around her. Childrens social-emotional development influences

all other areas of development: Cognitive, motor, and language development are all greatly

affected by how a child feels about herself and how she is able to express ideas and emotions.

Professionals sometimes define healthy social-emotional development in young children as early

childhood mental health. Healthy social-emotional development includes the ability to: Form and

sustain positive relationships.

2. What is prejudice and how to reduce ?

Definition:

Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward members of a group. Common

features of prejudice include negative feelings, stereotyped beliefs, and a tendency to

discriminate against members of the group. While specific definitions of prejudice given by

social scientists often differ, most agree that it involves prejudgments (usually negative) about

members of a group.


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Types of Prejudice

Prejudice can be based upon a number of factors including sex, race, age, sexual orientations,

nationality, socioeconomic status and religion. Some of the most well-known types of prejudice

include:

Racism

Sexism

Classicism

Homophobia

Nationalism

Religious prejudice

Agism

Ways to Reduce Prejudice

In addition to looking at the reasons why prejudice occurs, researchers have also explored

different ways that prejudice can be reduced or even eliminated. Training people to become more

empathetic to members of other groups is one method that has shown considerable success. By

imaging themselves in the same situation, people are able to think about how they would react

and gain a greater understanding of other people's actions.

Other techniques that are used to reduce prejudice include:

Passing laws and regulations that require fair and equal treatment for all groups of

people.

Gaining public support and awareness for anti-prejudice social norms.

Making people aware of the inconsistencies in their own beliefs.

Increased contact with members of other social groups.


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3. Current issues relating to social and emotional development of young

children ( 3 issues)

1. Separation from parents or primary caregivers can sometimes be difficult, especially at school,

and can be the cause of emotional distress.

During the first days of kindergarten, there may be tears for some children. Some children are

sad to leave their mothers; others are afraid of the unknown situation. These tears, however, do

not last long. It is rare to have five-year-olds crying beyond the first month of school.

The social-emotional curriculum is an integral component of the preschool program. Teachers

create an environment that supports the social and emotional growth of each child. The child is

encouraged to trust her teachers and her peers while at the same time become self-reliant and

autonomous. She is given opportunities to speak out and express herself in socially acceptable

ways. The teachers value and support her ideas and feelings. During the course of her preschool

and kindergarten time, the child grows in her social and emotional capacities.

2.Challenging Behavior, there is an endless list of challenging (or hard-tomanage) behaviors,

which may include, but are no limited to, hitting, shoving, yelling, having tantrums, not sharing,

throwing and breaking toys, grabbing, biting, spitting and kicking. And at one time or another,

Every preschool teachers has dealt with a child with such behaviors

Challenging behavior is any disruptive or destructive behavior that does the

following:

Gets in the way of the childs learning, developmentand success at play.

Is harmful to the child, other children or adults,or causes damage to the environment.

Socially isolates the child because other childrendo not want to play with him or her.

Puts the child at high risk for later social problems or problems in school.

The focus of much of challenging behavior is on aggressive behavior, though children who have

shy behavior are often considered equally challenging. But because aggressive behavior is so


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Making friends is an important social skill that the child begins to learn in preschool and all

throughout her life. She learns how to share materials and practice give and take. When there is a

conflict with a peer, she is given the tools to resolve those conflicts, at first with the guidance of

a teacher and later, without the intervention of an adult. The teachers use a variety of methods

such as role-playing and puppets to help the child identify the problem and find a solution that

satisfies all involved. As she becomes an older preschooler and kindergartener, she learns the

language of inclusion, which consists of inviting someone to play, asserting her interest in

joining a group, and including others in a group game. She is also provided with many occasions

to express her feelings and emotions. Teachers talk about their own feelings, read books about

emotions, and model vocabulary for expressing them. In turn, the child learns to read facial and

body expressions, talks about her feelings in terms of her own experiences and may make a book

of feelings.


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6. REFERENCES

1. Young children's emotional development and school readiness

C Raver - Social policy report, 2003 - ceep.crc.uiuc.edu

2. A review and reformulation of social information-processing mechanismsin children's social adjustment.

3. NR Crick, KA Dodge - Psychological bulletin, 1994 - psycnet.apa.or

4. Stereotypes and prejudice in conflict

D Bar-Tal, Y Teichman - 2005 - langtoninfo.co.uk

5. Racial attitudes of preschoolers: Age, race of examiner, and child-caresetting

RJ Glover, CA Smith - Psychological reports, 1997 - amsciepub.com

Social and Emotional WellbeingA Guide for Childrens Services Educators
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2003/raver03.pdfhttp://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/115/1/74/http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/115/1/74/http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/web_content/9780521807975_frontmatter.pdfhttp://www.amsciepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3.719http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3.719http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3.719http://www.amsciepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pr0.1997.81.3.719http://www.langtoninfo.co.uk/web_content/9780521807975_frontmatter.pdfhttp://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/115/1/74/http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/bul/115/1/74/http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2003/raver03.pdf


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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. INTRODUCTION (pg. 1)

2. WHAT IS PREJUDICE AND HOW TO REDUCE ? (pg. 2 )

3. CURRENT ISSUES RELATING TO SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL

DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN (pg. 3 )

4. SUMMARY (pg. 4)

5. RECOMMENDATION (pg. 4-5)

6. REFERENCE (pg. 6)

7. RUBRICS

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