Research

To begin, web article "Adolescent Peer Networks as a context for Social and Emotional support", written by Richard D. Stanton-Salazar; introduced Mexican-American adolescents that where present in rural areas had more social and emotional problems. Lack of funding and not a traditional family setting where believed to cause this issue. The article goes on providing charts and statistics of his research over years. Although we do not have this luxury we still feel strongly that our project will have an impact on these individual children and the community which it serves. Which in turn, our research project is not in this geographical area,"rural". It still possess some of the similar issues present in Stanton-Salazar's article. For example; lack of funding to our Educational District. This is why our group feels passionate about providing the right materials in helping to aid the cost of resources that will benefit these children. In conclusion, we believe because of the area that this school serves there is a need for such aid.

Another example of aiding these children is being apart of their recovery. The article "How Children's Social Competence Impacts their Well-Being in Adulthood", simply states that they will have a much higher success rate in life and the issues that it holds. Children with more developed social skills are more likely to attain a college degree in early adulthood, earn a high-school diploma and maintain a full-time job by the age of 25. By making this information available to the public and addressing these issues that the Counseling Department faces at Chatfield Elementary we will have given awareness to the community which in turn, will have everlasting positive consequences on these kids.

Joe Maglliano hits on specific topics of children's social and emotional needs such as Self-Awarness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Responsible decision making, and relationship skills. By having these skills introduced and applied in their life they will have more success in their careers and will eliminate any run-ins with the law. Also, Maglliano listed five strategies for promoting social and emotional learning. One, to be an emotional role-model. Secondly, to be an emotional coach. Thirdly, to read books with social and emotional plots. Fourth, to give these children choices. Lastly, to use positive discipline strategies.

The "Emotional Support and Student Learning" article written by Nancy Protheroe. States a project SOAR which incorporates several classrooms that were involved in this study. One was controlled that hosted yearly meetings with parents that supported the parents in exercising how important it was to support their children. Results of this project SOAR, was that the children possessed higher academic achievements, lower drop out rates, lower delinquent behaviors and substance abuse, and lower pregnancy rates. The five strategies which were given to everyone in the school which are; educators were to make sure that everyone including the students had a safe environment. They modeled, carried and respected one another. The teachers had scheduled structured routines. Also, Institutions had high expectations of student behavior and academic achievements. Foremost, every staff member possessed a since of responsibility that no child escaped through the cracks. We are expecting that our Project will have the same outcome or similar by raising the funds necessary to help the Counseling Department and by giving Chatfield the publicity to the issue our children are having in this School District.

Works Cited

Fitzgerald, C. (2012, March 29). How to Support Social Development in Young Children. Retrieved from Scientific Learning: https://www.scilearn.com/blog/how-to-support-social-development-in-young-children

Foundation, R. W. (2015, July 16). How Children's Social Competence Impacts Their Well-Being in Adulthood. Retrieved from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2015/07/how-children-s-social-competence-impacts-their-well-being-in-adu.html

Ph.D., J. M. (2017, January 30). Why a Child's Social-Emotional Skills are So Important. Retrieved from Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-wide-wide-world-psychology/201701/why-child-s-social-emotional-skills-are-so-important

Protheroe, N. (2007, March/April Magazine). Emotional Support and Student Learning. Retrieved from Research Report: https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/resources/2/Principal/2007/M-Ap50.pdf

Stanton-Salazar, R. D. (2005, June 1). Youth and Society. Retrieved from Sage Journals: https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X04267814