Syllabus 

CDEV 87: Promoting Social & Emotional Competence in Young Children

Student Learning Outcomes 

Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to: 

• Identify and assess young children's social and emotional development and develop appropriate strategies to prevent challenging behaviors.

• Apply appropriate interventions to meet sample child's social and emotional needs and family's unique interests, strengths and needs to affect positive change.

• Implement strategies to promote social and emotional competence in the context of naturally occurring routines and environments.

• Examine potential challenges and barriers to implementation of practices that support sample children's social and emotional development, including those with disabilities and the cultural and linguistic diversity of children and families. 

Academic Accommodations

If you need classroom or testing accommodations because of a disability, or have emergency medical information to share with me, or need special arrangements in case the building needs to be evacuated, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible. Students seeking disability related accommodations are encouraged to also register with Disabled Students Programs and Services (DSPS) located in Room 323 of the Rosenberg Library (415) 452-5481. For more information and alternate locations, please see the DSPS website.

Contents

Supportive environments

• Positive relationships with children, families and colleagues

• Implementing strategies that respect and include the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of children and families

• Designing environments, schedules and routines

• Establishing rules

• Implementing activities that promote child engagement

• Modifying and adapting materials and activities to meet individual needs of all children, including those with disabilities

• Providing encouragement and positive feedback to children

Social emotional teaching strategies

• Identifying teachable moments

• Facilitating the development of friendship skills

• Teaching problem solving

• Teaching children to recognize and express emotions

• Teaching anger management

Individualized intensive interventions

• Determining the meaning of challenging behavior

• Identifying the function of challenging behavior

• Identifying the behaviors and social skills to target for intervention

• Developing a plan for supporting social and emotional development and preventing challenging behavior

• Using a team approach to addressing challenging behavior and social and emotional needs

Strategies

• Identifying challenges and barriers to implementing effective practices

• Identifying strategies for addressing barriers and challenges

• Developing program policies and staff development plans that promote the use of effective practices

• Identifying steps to collaborative planning for programs and systems that support all young children's social and emotional development and address challenging behaviors as needed