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April 29, 2002

Supporting Children's Social Development: Strategies for Parents and Caregivers

Dr. Lilian Katz
University of Illinois

 

Contents

• IEL Tip Sheet
• ERIC Digests
• NPIN Library Resources
• ERIC Database: Selected records

IEL Tip Sheet

• Helping Children Develop "Impulse Control"
  http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/impulsecontrol.htm

ERIC Digests

• Early Childhood Violence Prevention
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1998/massey98.html
• Helping Young Children Deal with Anger
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1997/marion97.html
• Assessing Young Children's Social Competence
  http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/2001/mcclel01.html

NPIN Library Resources

• Developing Social Competence in Children
  http://iume.tc.columbia.edu/downloads/choices/choices03.pdf
• Kids Who Care: The Development of Empathy, Care and Compassion
  http://library.adoption.com/Teaching-and-Training-Children/Kids-Who-Care/article/3308/1.html
• Are Our Boys All Right?
  http://library.adoption.com/Research-and-Statistics/Are-Our-Boys-All-Right/article/3221/1.html
• Violence Prevention Guide for Parents
  http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu/info/pubs/ivpaguide.html

ERIC Database: Selected records

• Recognizing and Supporting the Development of Self-Regulation in Young Children.
  EJ605513 PS530657
  Author(s) Bronson, Martha B.
  Source: Young Children, v55 n2 p32-37 Mar 2000
  Publication Date: 2000
  ISSN: 0044-0728
  Language: English
  Document Type: Guides--Classroom--Teacher (052); Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080)
  Journal Announcement: CIJOCT2000
  Gives an overview of the major theoretical perspectives on how children develop the capacity for self-regulation and how theorists and researchers suggest that the social and physical environment can nurture it. Suggests ways that caregivers and teachers can support the development of self-regulation in children from infancy through the primary grades. (LPP)
• Constructivist Early Education for Moral Development.
  EJ599900 PS530057
  Author(s) DeVries, Rheta; Hildebrandt, Carolyn; Zan, Betty
  Source: Early Education and Development, v11 n1 p9-35 Jan 2000
  Publication Date: 2000
  Notes: Special issue on: "Early Education for Moral Development."
  ISSN: 1040-9289
  Language: English
  Document Type: Journal articles (080)
  Journal Announcement: CIJJUL2000
  Examines role that constructivist teachers play in fostering moral development in young children. Traces development of perspective taking, autonomy, and self- regulation, and examines effects of different teaching and parenting practices on children's character development. Provides suggestions for teachers to promote optimal moral development by establishing a sociomoral climate in which mutual respect is continually practiced. (Author/LBT)
• Growing Responsibility with Kindergarten and Primary Children.
  EJ543356 PS526362
  Author(s) Wilt, Judith Vander
  Source: Dimensions of Early Childhood, v25 n1 p30-35 Win 1997
  Publication Date: 1997
  ISSN: 1068-6177
  Language: English
  Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080)
  Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1997
  Describes how educators and families can foster children's sense of responsibility. Activities noted include interactions that support responsibility, such as asking questions that enable children to see some responsible choices; strategies that encourage learning, such as offering challenging, engaging learning opportunities in an interactive learning environment; and ways to promote self-control, including using rewards sparingly and modeling self-control. (KDFB)
• Helping Children Develop Self-Control.
  EJ488452 PS522186
  Author(s) Schickedanz, Judith A.
  Source: Childhood Education, v70 n5 p274-78 1994
  Publication Date: 1994
  Notes: Annual Theme Issue: Creating Safer Environments for Children in the Home, School, and Community.
  ISSN: 0009-4056
  Language: English
  Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
  Journal Announcement: CIJDEC1994
  Examines the impact of Jean Piaget's cognitive-developmental theories on educators' views of child socialization, which argued that moral development occurred late in childhood. Notes that recent research indicates that moral and emotional development occur much earlier and that teachers and parents can have a significant influence on young children's moral development. (MDM)
• Emotional Responsivity to Others: Behavioral Correlates and Socialization Antecedents.
  EJ443483 PS519438
  Author(s) Eisenberg, Nancy; And Others
  Source: New Directions for Child Development, n55 p57-73 Spr 1992
  Publication Date: 1992
  Notes: Thematic Issue: Emotion and Its Regulation in Early Development.
  ISSN: 0195-2269
  Language: English
  Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
  Journal Announcement: CIJAUG1992
  Discusses research concerning individual differences in children that appear to be associated with vicarious emotional responses and a tendency to engage in prosocial behavior. Focuses on research concerning parents' influence on children's methods for coping with their own and others' emotions and children's social behavior. (BB)

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