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1. Course Agenda
2. Social and Emotional Development
3. What is Social-Emotional Development?
4. Individual Differences​
5. Love is Not Enough
6. Discussion: Supporting Social-Emotional Development (1/5) 
7. Social/Emotional Milestones in Infants
8. Infant Emotional Development 
9. Interactions with Infants and Toddlers
10. Social/Emotional Milestones in Toddlers
11. Toddler Emotional Development 
12. Toddler Social Development
13. Infant and Toddler Social/Emotional (2/5)
14. ​​​Social/Emotional Milestones in Preschoolers
15. Preschool Emotional Development 
16. Preschool Social Development
17. Development of Emotions
18. Identify and Express Emotions (3/5)
19. Let's Talk More About Emotions
20. Learning to Regulate Emotions
21. Self-Regulation
22. Self-Regulation Skills (4/5)
23. End of Course Quiz (5/5)
24. Course Evaluation Form​

Course Description

2 Clock Hours
​School readiness not only means that children are intellectually prepared for school, but also that they are socially and emotionally prepared for success in the classroom. One of the primary goals of a quality early childhood program is to foster healthy social and emotional development in young children. ​ A key learning point is the significance of social-emotional skills for children’s overall development and learning. 

Course Difficulty: Level 2 - This course has entry level vocabulary that most students should be able to easily become familiar with. Assignments include peer discussion boards, open-ended and multiple choice questions. ​​​​

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CDA Criteria for this Course

CDA Settings:

• Infant/Toddler
• Preschool
• Family Child Care (Mixed-Age)

CDA Content Area: Supporting Children's Social and Emotional Development ​(2 hours)

Learning Outcomes

• Define social-emotional development and discuss its importance in our lives.
• Reflect on your own ideas and experiences associated with social-emotional development.
• Discuss how social-emotional learning promotes development and learning in young children.  

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• Laptop or PC
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Sources

1. Boyd, J., Barnett, W. S., Bodrova, E., Leong, D. J., & Gomby, D. (2005). Promoting children’s social and emotional development through preschool education. NIEER Preschool Policy Brief, March 2005, 1-20.
2. Denham, S. A., & Brown, C. (2010). “Plays nice with others”: social-emotional learning and academic success. Early Education and Development, 21, 652-680.
3. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (2012). Early Childhood Generalist Standards for teachers of ages 3-8 (3rd ed.). Arlington, VA: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
4. Raver (2002). Emotions matter: making the case for the role of young children’s emotional development for early school readiness. SRCD Social Policy Report, 16(3). Ann Arbor, MI: Society for Research in Child Development.
5. Milestones of Child Development: A Guide to Young Children’s Learning and Development from Birth to Kindergarten, Virginia’s Early Childhood Development Alignment Project, http://earlychildhood.virginia.gov/documents/milestones.pdf
6. The Birth to Age 8 Continuum: Four Strategies, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/blogs/2014/03/Continuum
7. Blair, C. (2009). Self-regulation and school readiness. The International Child and Youth Care Network. Retrieved from http://www.cyc-net.org/cyc-online/cyconline-oct2009-blair.html
8. Gillespie, L. G., & Seibel, N. (2006). Self-regulation: A cornerstone of early childhood development. Beyond the journal: Young Children on the web. Retrieved from http://journal.naeyc.org/btj/200607/Gillespie709BTJ.pdf

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1. Course Agenda
2. Social & Emotional Development
3. What is Social-Emotional?
4. Individual Differences​
5. Love is Not Enough
6. Supporting Social-Emotional (1/5)
7. Milestones in Infants
8. Infant Emotional Development
9. Infants and Toddlers

10. Milestones in Toddlers
11. Toddler Emotional Development
12. Toddler Social Development
13. Toddler Social/Emotional (2/5)
14. Milestones in Preschoolers
15. Preschool Emotional Development
16. Preschool Social Development
17. Development of Emotions
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18. Identify Emotions (3/5)
19. More About Emotions
20. Learning to Regulate 
21. Self-Regulation
22. Self-Regulation Skills (4/5)
23. End of Course Quiz (5/5)
24. Course Evaluation Form​
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