Social Development in children,influences on child social development,stages of child social development, & social development in child at pre-school level. Social Development.Social Development from Infancy to Adolescence . Erick Erickson theory of social development. Social Characteristics of Learners and provision of suitable . activities at the following level. . Preschool and Kindergarten . Elementary Level.

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2. Social development
Child development
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3. Learning objectives
• What is Social development?
• How to Support Social Development in Young
Children
• Difficulties occur in children social development
• How can we remove difficulties.
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4. Social development
This involves learning the values, knowledge
and skills that enable children to relate to others
effectively and to contribute in positive ways to
family, school and the community.
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5. Influences on child
social development
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6. How to support
social development
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Model Appropriate Social Behavior
Support Self-Esteem
Build Problem Solving Skills
Encourage Exploration
Play!
Culture and self-concept
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March 29, 2012 by Corey Fitzgerald
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7. Children learn
The language of children’s feelings is
behavior.
 Non verbal language - smile, look,
approach.
 Verbal language - greeting, joining,
talking, questions,
 Listening - taking turns
 Sensitivity - how their approach affects
others.
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8. Children who do well
 Are friendly and optimistic
Have group joining skills
Make relevant contributions
 Are interested in others
 Have a predictive understanding of others‟
reaction to them
 Positive non verbal interaction
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9. Social Difficulties
• One third of children bring problems from home
• One third don’t understand how to behave
differently
• One third are bored or in inappropriate
environment (Lilian Katz, 2001)
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10. How can we eliminate
difficulties
Address the cause
Safe base (adult) near while the child gains
confidence
Grouping with socially competent
Invite a single peer home
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11. What parents can do
Allow learning from mistakes without ridicule
Give private, respectful consequences
Let children help set rules
Acknowledge that some children test rules and
that they unconsciously do so in order to check
out how much people care about them and how
much they belong
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12. Principles for child
social development
Ask questions that encourage children to put
themselves in someone else’s shoes.
Supervise and support children’s social activities
without taking over.
Show you are willing to listen and take children’s
feelings into consideration.
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13. Social development from
infancy to adolescence
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14. Learning objectives
• Erickson’s theory
• Eight stages of social development
according to Erickson.
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15. Erikson’s(1986) theory
• Erikson theory have eight stages of social
development.
• Each stage consists of development task that
confronts individual with crisis.
• Each crisis is not atrophic but a turning point of
increased vulnerability and
enchained potential.
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16. Trust versus mistrust
• The developmental task requires warm and care
giving.
• The positive outcomes is a feeling of comfort.
• Mistrust develops when infants are treated too
negatively.
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17. Autonomy versus
shame and doubt
• Kids asserts their independence and realize
their will.
• If infants are restrained too much or punished
too harshly, they develop a sense of shame and
doubt.
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18. Initiative versus guilt
• In this stage, adults expect children to become
more responsible .
• Children develop uncomfortable guilt feelings .
• If they are irresponsible or are made to feel too
anxious.
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19. Industry versus inferiority
• As kids move into elementary school years, they
direct their energy toward (mastering
knowledge) intellectual skills.
• The danger in these years is developing a sense
of inferiority
and incompetence.
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20. Intimacy versus isolation
• The developmental task is to form positive close
relationship with others.
• For such individuals loneliness can become a
dark cloud over their lives.
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21. Generativity versus
stagnation
• Generativity means transmitting something
positive to the next generation.
• Stagnation means the feeling of having done
nothing to help the next generation.
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22. Integrity versus despair
Adults review their lives, reflecting on what they
have done. If the retrospective evaluations are
positive, they a sense of integrity.
In contrast older adults become despairing. If
their backward glances are moving negative.
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23. Social characteristics of
learners
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24. Introduction
• Children grow and change in many ways
during their primary school years. As well
as growing physically, develop socially.
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25. Characteristics of learners
• Self-concept:Children develop a firm awareness that they are
separate from others and have individual
qualities.
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26. Self-esteem
• Learner began the task of making
judgments about their own worth and
competencies, their self-esteem.
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27. Regulation of emotions
• Children develop an awareness
and understanding of their feeling in the
preschool years, the self regulation of
emotions.
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28. Empathy
• A significant characteristic of the
learner is the development of empathy, the
ability to understand and respond to the
feelings of others.e.g love, hate etc.
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29. Parents-child relation
• Social development is affected by the
relationships that children have with their
parents and other adults as well as with
other children.
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30. Social development at
Preschool and kindergarten
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31. Preschool & kindergarten
• Preschool is important to child social
development because preschool provides
the perfect setting where friends can
interact with their peers, and develop
social skills. So, how exactly does
preschool help child social development
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32. Example of preschool
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33. 5 social skill for
preschool & kindergarten
 Understands the difference between right and
wrong.
 Explain their feelings and understand other
emotions.
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34. Social skills
Play independently or in group.
Share, converse and play with other
children.
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35. Cont….
• Likes to make decisions for
himself, explores new things and take
some (safe) risks.
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