Early Learning Project
Updated: 2011 Resource Lists
Supporting Children's Social Development: Strategies for Parents and Caregiver
Illinois Early Learning Resources
- Supporting Children's Social Development: Strategies for Parents and Caregiver (Chat transcript)
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/chat/katz/ - How Can I Help a Shy Child?
http://www.illinoisearlylearning.org/faqs/shy.htm - What Do I Need to Know about Social and Emotional Development in Young Children?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/faqs/socemotdev.htm - What Is the Best Way to Assess Young Children’s Social Competence?
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/faqs/socialcomp.htm - Helping Young Children Resolve Conflicts
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/stephens2006/ - Helping Young Children Develop Friendships
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/stephens2007/ - Sibling Relationships
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/askanexpert/kolburn/ - Two on a Trike Video
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/on-trike.htm - Drawing a Friend Video
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/videos/drawing-friend.htm
IEL Tip Sheets:
- Children’s Social Competence Checklist
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/checklist.htm - Kids Who Care
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/kidscare.htm - Bullying Hurts Everyone
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/bullying.htm - Helping Children Learn to Get Along
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/conflict.htm - Helping Siblings Get Along
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/sibs.htm - He's Teasing Me!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/teasing.htm - Making and Keeping Friends
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/makekeepfriends.htm - Manners and Preschoolers
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/manners.htm - Play Right—Don’t Bite!
http://illinoisearlylearning.org/tipsheets/biting.htm
Online Resources
- Developing Social Skills
This document discusses how child care providers can encourage children’s social development.
http://www.nncc.org/Guidance/dc14_develop.social.skill.html - Aggression and Cooperation: Helping Young Children Develop Constructive Strategies
This digest notes that aggression and cooperation develop from a child's need to interact with others, and it discusses techniques for reducing aggression and fostering cooperation.
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1992/jewett92.html - Promoting Positive Peer Social Interactions
This brief discusses the importance of successful social interactions to positive social and emotional development in children.
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/briefs/wwb8.pdf - The Early Years: Prosocial Skills
This excerpt from the Violence Prevention Resource Guide for Parents points out that friendships are an essential part of healthy child development.
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/pubs/ivpaguide/summary-sheets/summary-early-prosocialskill.pdf - Making Friends and Getting Along with Peers
This book discusses how establishing relationships with peers is a major developmental task that is not always easy for children.
http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9824&page=163
Organizations
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Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning
Vanderbilt University Department of Special Education
Box 328 GPC
Nashville, TN 37203
Telephone: 615-322-8150
Fax: 615-343-1570
http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu
Updated: 2011
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