Sharing Web Resources:

The information that is relevant to my current professional development is still the importance of play for children development and the challenges educators face with challenging behavior. The website Zero to Three a well as their e-newsletter provides professional and parent with resources to better understand promoting social emotional development and challenging behavior.

 This website also provides helpful information that any professional in the early childhood field would find helpful when understanding the development of children.

Promoting Social Emotional Development

There’s a lot happening during playtime. Little ones are lifting, dropping, looking, pouring, bouncing, hiding, building, knocking down, and more. Children are busy when they’re playing. And, more than that, they are learning.  Play is the true work of childhood.

And when your children have a chance to play with you, they are also learning—that they are loved and important and that they are fun to be around. These social-emotional skills give them the self-confidence they need to build loving and supportive relationships all their lives.

Challenging Behaviors

Challenging behavior can mean many things to many people.  ZERO TO THREE has developed a set of resources to help parents and professionals better understand and respond to some of the most common and typical challenges that crop up in children’s early years: Aggression, defiance, inconsolable crying, children who are slow-to-warm-up, and sleep challenges. 

As you explore these resources, keep in mind that no two children are exactly alike. Every child is born with his or her own temperament, a unique way of experiencing and approaching the world. Temperament influences a child’s behavior. 

Because every child is different, it is impossible to offer one strategy or response that will work for everyone. To help you apply the information here to your individual child, think about how your child’s temperament might influence his or her behavior, and how you may adapt the strategies you read about to meet the needs of your child and your family. 

Much of the content on this page was developed through the generous funding and support of the Carl and Roberta Deutsch Foundation

Reference:         

Zero To Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
http://www.zerotothree.org/ 
(Newsletters:
http://zttcfn.pub30.convio.net/child-development/from-baby-to-big-kid/ and
http://capwiz.com/zerotothree/mlm/signup/ )