Intervening in Childhood Social Development

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 605-626

  Voegler Lee, Mary Ellen ^a   Kupersmidt, Janis B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristics of effective intervention programs; Intervening in childhood social development; Intervening in social development; Problem solving involves being able to identify the presence of a problem and then generate one or more effective solutions to resolve it; Self awareness in preschoolers includes recognizing one's own basic emotions, such as being happy, sad, and angry; Social emotional interventions are designed to foster the development of skills that are considered essential for children's social and emotional development; Social emotional skills based curricula have in common the use of a combination of pedagogical strategies for introducing and practicing skills with children; Teacher training is the use of proactive teaching strategies; Teacher's role in facilitating children's social and emotional functioning is multifaceted; Teaching social and emotional skills to children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860168214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444390933.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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