Creating an Emotionally Safe Preschool Classroom: Responsibility, Respect, and Relationships

  • Aligns with Ohio SUTQ content standards in the Social Emotional domain
    • Awareness & Expression of Emotion
  • 1.5 hours
  • OA-L2

Participants will understand that behaviors are a means of communication for young children and how to help children master their aggressive impulses in the classroom. Common situations will be presented and discussed so participants will demonstrate an understanding of how to implement the information presented.

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Objectives

Participants will review child development and typical behaviors of toddlers through kindergarden. Participants will review the long term effects on children who were never taught to respond to their angry feelings in an appropriate way.
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Child Growth and Development
  • Subgroup: Developmental Process
  • Competency: 1.5 Understands that challenging behavior has environmental and developmental causes and uses this information to modify environment, activities and expectations to improve behavioral outcomes.
Participants will learn how to encourage children to respond to their angry feelings by: modulating the level of the feeling, using appropriate words, and learning how to regain their kind feelings when someone has been unkind to them. Groups will discuss common classroom scenarios  and problem solve a solution.
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Child Growth and Development
  • Subgroup: Developmental Process
  • Competency: 2.2 Identifies children’s differing developmental needs and implements responsive strategies.
Participants will learn how to help children understand the difference between being mad and being mean; understand that mean fun is hurtful to others, and how to control aggressive impulses.Participants will discuss common classroom scenarios and problem solve a solution.
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Child Growth and Development
  • Subgroup: Developmental Process
  • Competency: 2.2 Identifies children’s differing developmental needs and implements responsive strategies.
Participants will share what they have learned and question instructors about what was presented.
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Child Growth and Development
  • Subgroup: Developmental Process
  • Competency: 2.2 Identifies children’s differing developmental needs and implements responsive strategies.
This program is approved by the State of Ohio and is aligned with Ohio’s Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) standards.
Continuing Education Units are available for this program through approval of the Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Hanna Perkins is a CSWMFT-approved continuing education provider; No. RSC019904

To schedule this course for your organization, contact our Community Collaborations and Professional Development office.

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