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Module 14: - Vanessa A. delos Santos UESE4 CY 2014 - 2015

Socio emotional development of infants and toddlers

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Module 14:

- Vanessa A. delos Santos

UESE4 CY 2014-2015

Socio-emotional Development…

It refers to the developing capacity of the child from birththrough five years of age to form close and secure adultand peer relationships; experience, regulate and expressemotions in socially and culturally appropriate ways; andexplore the environment and learn – all in the context offamily, community and culture.

It necessarily includes temperament, attachments and social skills.

Formative Years

It is the first three years of a child where in considered as of the important in human development.

Elements on the socio-emotional development of a

children:

Attachment

Temperament

The Emergence of the Moral Self

It is a term used to describe the emotionalrelationship that develops between an infantand the primary caregiver, during the infant’sfirst year of life.

It is a relationship that develops over time and is the result of many interactions and caregiving experiences, particularly those in response to the infant’s needs and bids for attention, comfort and protection.

According to Dr. John Bowly, the father of“attachment theory”, the beginnings of attachmentoccur within the first six months of a baby’s life with avariety of built-in signals that baby uses to keep hercaregiver engaged.

The key to a good start in the social development of

the baby is a lot of responsive interaction with the

baby. (K Pasek and R. Golinkoff, 2003).

Other relevant and research findings sited by K. Pasek and R.

Golinkoff quoted in their book “Einstien Never Used Classcards”

What is absolutely central to babies’ emotional well-being is

not so much feeding but the consistent involvement of

caregivers.

Children who have good attachment relationships as infants

make better adjustments in a number of areas in future life.

Infants attach to more than one caregiver and they are

developing emotional relationships with multiple caregivers at

once.

Even when children are in child care for more than 30

hours per week, the family contributes more to child’s

social and cognitive well-being than does the child care

arrangement.

Other relevant …..

Parents and caregivers help children regulate their

emotions by working with them and by serving them as

their models.

A word that “captures the ways that people

differ, even at birth, in such things as their

emotional reactions, activity level, attention

span, persistence and ability to regulate their

emotions”.

The reactivity of the infant to the environment

Different Temperament Categories …

1. Activity Level

2. Mood

3. Threshold for distress

4. Rhythmicity

5. Intensity of response

Different Temperament Categories …

6. Approach - Withdrawal

7. Distractibility

8. Adaptability

9. Persistence

Three basic types of babies temperament:

1. The easy child

2. The slow-to-warm-up child

3. The difficult child

1. The easy child

easily readily establishes regular routines

generally cheerful

adapts readily to new experiences.

2. The slow-to-warm-up child

shows mild, low-key reactions to environmental changes

negative in mood

adjust slowly to new experience.

3. The difficult child

irregular in daily routines

slow to accept new experiences

tends to react negatively and intensely to new things

A sense of morality presupposes awareness of the existence of moral

standards and the ability to evaluate oneself against standards.

The Emergence of the Moral Self

According to Professor Deborah Stipek and her colleagues about 50% of

the 19 to 24 months olds (1 year and 7 months to 2 years old) and 80% of

the 25 to 29 months old ( 2 years old to 2.5 years old) and almost all 30 to

40 months (2 years and six months to 3 years and 4 months) olds are

capable of self – evaluation .

Children who aren’t capable of self-evaluation and self- description don’t have the capacity to experience a sense of shame and remorse.

Train up a child in the way

he should go: and when he is

old, he will not depart from it.- Proverbs 22:5

Food for thought…