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Guiding Children's Social Development: Theory to Practice

ISBN: 9781401897635 | 1401897630
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 7/19/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
Unmatched by other books on the market, the 5th edition of Guiding Children's Social Development, provides a solid foundation of up-to-date theory and research that will strengthen the reader's understanding of how children develop and learn within the social domain. It focuses on ways to help children from all backgrounds and circumstances develop positive self-esteem and social competence by offering a framework for sound principles of child development, relationship enhancement, and behavior management. It describes successful ways to transl... MORE
Prefacexi
Acknowledgments and Thanksxv
Making a Difference in Children's Lives
1(26)
Children in the Social World
... MORE2(1)
Children's Social Knowledge and Skills
2(1)
Social Competence
2(4)
Development and Social Competence
6(2)
Learning and Social Competence
8(3)
The Contexts in Which Social Competence Is Acquired
11(4)
Thinking about Children Contextually
15(2)
Your Role in Fostering Children's Social Competence
17(3)
Developmentally Appropriate Practices and Social Competence
20(4)
Chapter Structure
24(1)
Summary
25(1)
Key Terms
25(1)
Discussion Questions
25(1)
Field Assignments
26(1)
Initiating Social Relationships in Infancy
27(36)
Infant Characteristics as Factors in Social Relationships
28(9)
Individuation and Socialization
37(5)
Emergence of Communicative Competence
42(18)
Pitfalls to Avoid
60(1)
Summary
61(1)
Key Terms
61(1)
Discussion Questions
61(1)
Field Assignments
62(1)
Building Positive Relationships Through Nonverbal Communication
63(28)
Functions of Nonverbal Communication
64(1)
Channels of Nonverbal Communication
65(11)
Adult Abuses of Nonverbal Behavior
76(1)
Communicating about the Relationship
77(2)
The Impact of Mixed Messages
79(1)
Children's Acquisition of Nonverbal Communication Skills
80(1)
Guiding Children with Adult Nonverbal Behavior
81(6)
Pitfalls to Avoid
87(1)
Summary
88(1)
Key Terms
89(1)
Discussion Questions
89(1)
Field Assignments
89(2)
Promoting Children's Developing Sense of Self Through Verbal Communication
91(42)
The Child's Evolving Sense of Social Understanding and Self
93(8)
How Adult Practices Relate to Self-Esteem
101(1)
The Verbal Environment
102(26)
Pitfalls to Avoid
128(2)
Summary
130(2)
Key Terms
132(1)
Discussion Questions
132(1)
Field Assignments
132(1)
Supporting Children's Emotional Development
133(33)
Children's Emotional Development
135(13)
Challenges Children Encounter When Dealing with Emotions
148(3)
Appropriate Ways of Responding to Children's Emotions
151(12)
Pitfalls to Avoid
163(1)
Summary
164(1)
Key Terms
164(1)
Discussion Questions
165(1)
Field Assignments
165(1)
Supporting Children in Stressful Situations
166(37)
The Nature of Stress
167(1)
Sources of Children's Stress
168(15)
Natural Disasters, War, Terrorism, and Violence
183(3)
Children's Reactions to Stress
186(12)
Pitfalls to Avoid
198(3)
Summary
201(1)
Key Terms
201(1)
Discussion Questions
201(1)
Field Assignments
202(1)
Enhancing Play
203(40)
The Nature of Play
204(7)
Types of Play
211(28)
Pitfalls to Avoid
239(2)
Summary
241(1)
Key Terms
241(1)
Discussion Questions
242(1)
Field Assignments
242(1)
Supporting Children's Friendships
243(33)
Not All Relationships Are Created Equal
244(2)
What Happens When Children Cannot Find a Friend?
246(1)
Children's Changing Ideas about Friendship
246(1)
The Emergence of Friendship
246(3)
The Friendship Framework
249(3)
Selecting Friends
252(3)
Difficulty with Friendships
255(1)
The Friendship Process
256(3)
Improving Children's Friendship Strategies
259(14)
Pitfalls to Avoid
273(1)
Summary
274(1)
Key Terms
275(1)
Discussion Questions
275(1)
Field Assignments
275(1)
Influencing Children's Social Development by Structuring the Physical Environment
276(42)
Fundamentals of Structuring
277(3)
Structuring Space and Materials
280(15)
Structuring Time
295(2)
Coaching Children in Decision Making, Planning, Implementing, and Evaluating
297(17)
Pitfalls to Avoid
314(1)
Summary
315(1)
Key Terms
315(1)
Discussion Questions
316(1)
Field Assignments
316(2)
Fostering Self-Discipline in Children: Communicating Expectations and Rules
318(39)
What Is Self-Discipline?
319(4)
Developmental Processes That Influence Self-Discipline
323(5)
How Experience Influences Self-Discipline
328(4)
How Adult Behavior Affects Children's Behavior
332(5)
Stating Your Expectations
337(16)
Pitfalls to Avoid
353(2)
Summary
355(1)
Key Terms
355(1)
Discussion Questions
356(1)
Field Assignments
356(1)
Fostering Self-Discipline in Children: Implementing Solutions and Consequences
357(31)
Using Consequences to Promote Social Competence
358(1)
Behavior Problems and Their Solutions
358(4)
Consequences
362(8)
Combining the Warning and Follow-Through with the Personal Message
370(3)
Time-Out
373(4)
Where Consequences Fit in Your Repertoire of Guidance Strategies
377(7)
Pitfalls to Avoid
384(1)
Summary
385(1)
Key Terms
386(1)
Discussion Questions
386(1)
Field Assignments
387(1)
Handling Children's Aggressive Behavior
388(36)
What Aggression Is
389(2)
Why Children Are Aggressive
391(2)
The Emergence of Aggression
393(1)
Ineffective Strategies Adults Use to Reduce Children's Aggressive Behavior
394(4)
Effective Strategies Adults Use to Reduce Children's Aggressive Behavior
398(5)
A Model for Conflict Mediation
403(5)
When Aggression Becomes Hostile
408(11)
Pitfalls to Avoid
419(2)
Summary
421(1)
Key Terms
422(1)
Discussion Questions
422(1)
Field Assignments
423(1)
Promoting Prosocial Behavior
424(25)
Pitfalls to Avoid
445(1)
Summary
446(1)
Key Terms
447(1)
Discussion Questions
447(1)
Field Assignments
447(2)
Supporting Children's Development: Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Exceptional Needs
449(34)
Children's Psychosexual Development
450(6)
Ethnic Identity, Preferences, and Attitudes in Children
456(3)
Inclusion of Children with Exceptional Needs
459(18)
Pitfalls to Avoid
477(2)
Summary
479(1)
Key Terms
480(1)
Discussion Questions
480(1)
Field Assignments
481(2)
Making Ethical Judgments and Decisions
483(36)
Variables That Affect Ethical Judgments
486(4)
Judgments about Ethical Behavior
490(4)
Ethical Considerations about Children's Extreme Behavior
494(4)
Ethical Judgments Regarding Child Abuse and Neglect
498(16)
Pitfalls to Avoid
514(2)
Summary
516(1)
Key Terms
517(1)
Discussion Questions
517(1)
Field Assignments
517(2)
Appendix A The National Association for the Education of Young Children Code of Ethical Conduct519(6)
Appendix B Implementing Time-Out Appropriately525(2)
Appendix C Organizations That Address Child Abuse and Related National Helplines527(2)
Appendix D Personal Safety Terms, Facts, and Principles529(2)
Glossary531(8)
References539(28)
Index567

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