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Universal practices are often suitable to promote the development of social competence in the majority of children in the classroom, however, educators and professionals may find that there are preschool age children whose lack of social and emotional skills or whose challenging behavior requires more focused attention. Ms. Maguire will demonstrate how modeling and scaffolding for young children with level 1 Autism, ADHD and other learning challenges will increase the child’s ability to develop the key social skills they need to understand their emotions and the emotions of others, handle conflicts, problem solve, and develop relationships with peers.
Coaching “The 4 Steps to Understanding Emotions in Ourselves and Others” to children with or without an IEP or 504 plan may require additional supports to focus their attention such as pairing directions with gestures, visuals, social stories, and verbal models.
The 4 Steps to Understanding Emotions in Ourselves and Others:
• Emotional awareness
• Labeling emotions (Name it-to-Tame it)
• Expressing emotions - How? When?
• Regulating emotions
1) Support children as they begin to understand their emotions and learn to express and process their emotions.
2) Identify scaffolding and modeling needed for young children with learning challenges to increase their emotional awareness.
3) Use supports such as gestures, visuals, social stories and verbal models to promote classroom and one on one exercises to help children witness their emotions