Guiding children's social development : theory to practice / Marjorie J. Kostelnik [and others].
- Published:
- Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, [2006]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2006
- Edition:
- 5th ed.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 574 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Kostelnik, Marjorie J.
- Contents:
- 1. Making a difference in children's lives -- Children in the social world -- Children's social knowledge and skills -- Social competence -- Development and social competence -- Learning and social competence -- The contexts in which social competence is acquired -- Thinking about children contextually -- Your role in fostering children's social competence -- Developmentally appropriate practices and social competence -- Chapter structure -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 2. Initiating social relationships in infancy -- Infant characteristics as factors in social relationships -- Individuation and socialization -- Emergence of communicative competence -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 3. Building positive relationships through nonverbal communication -- Functions of nonverbal communication -- Channels of nonverbal communication -- Adult abuses of nonverbal behavior -- Communicating about the relationship -- The impact of mixed messages -- Children's acquisition of nonverbal communication skills -- Guiding children with adult nonverbal behavior -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 4. Promoting children's developing sense of self through verbal communication -- The child's evolving sense of social understanding and self -- How adult practices relate to self-esteem -- The verbal environment -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 5. Supporting children's emotional development -- Children's emotional development -- Challenges children encounter when dealing with emotions -- Appropriate ways of responding to children's emotions -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 6. Supporting children in stressful situations -- The nature of stress -- Sources of children's stress -- Natural disasters, war, terrorism, and violence -- Children's reactions to stress -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 7. Enhancing play -- The nature of play -- Types of play -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 8. Supporting children's friendships -- Not all relationships are created equal -- What happens when children cannot find a friend? -- Children's changing ideas about friendship -- The emergence of friendship -- The friendship framework -- Selecting friends -- Difficulty with friendships -- The friendship process -- Improving children's friendship strategies -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- and 9. Influencing children's social development by structuring the physical environment -- Fundamentals of structuring -- Structuring space and materials -- Structuring time -- Coaching children in decision making, planning, implementing, and evaluating -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 10. Fostering self-discipline in children : communicating expectations and rules -- What is self-discipline? -- Developmental processes that influence self-discipline -- How experience influences self-discipline -- How adult behavior affects children's behavior -- Stating behavioral expectations -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 11. Fostering self-discipline in children : implementing solutions and consequences -- Using consequences to promote social competence -- Behavior problems and their solutions -- Consequences -- Combining the warning and follow-through with the personal message -- Time-out -- Where consequences fit in your repertoire of guidance strategies -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 12. Handling children's aggressive behavior -- What aggression is -- Why children are aggressive -- The emergence of aggression -- Ineffective strategies adults use to reduce children's aggressive behavior -- Effective strategies adults use to reduce children's aggressive behavior -- A model for conflict mediation -- When aggression becomes hostile -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 13. Promoting prosocial behavior -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 14. Supporting children's development : sexuality, ethnicity, and special needs -- Children's psychosexual development -- Ethnic identity, preferences, and attitudes in children -- Inclusion of children with exceptional needs -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 15. Making ethical judgments and decisions -- Variables that affect ethical judgments -- Judgments about ethical behavior -- Judgments considerations about children's extreme behavior -- Ethical judgments regarding child abuse and neglect -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Summary -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Appendix A. The National Association for the Education of Young Children Code of Ethical Conduct -- Appendix B. Implementing time-out appropriately -- Appendix C. Organizations that address child abuse and related national helplines -- Appendix D. Personal safety terms, facts, and principles -- Glossary.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 1401897630 (alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-566) and index.
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