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COAD Region Spring 2013 Head Start Summit March 22, 2013

COAD Region Spring 2013 Head Start Summit March 22, 2013. Information on Preschoolers. Young children are being expelled from child care settings at 3 x the rate than children K through 12 (Walter Gilliam, Yale).

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COAD Region Spring 2013 Head Start Summit March 22, 2013

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  1. COAD RegionSpring 2013 Head Start SummitMarch 22, 2013

  2. Information on Preschoolers • Young children are being expelled from child care settings at 3 x the rate than children K through 12 (Walter Gilliam, Yale). • Preschool teachers and child care providers report that disruptive behavior is the single greatest challenge they face.(Arnold, D.H.;McWilliams, l.; & Arnold, E.H.) “The kids are sad, mad and bad, it’s not that they can’t add”

  3. (From the National Center for Children in Poverty article by Raver & Knitzer) • Social and Emotional Competence and • School Readiness • Young children who act in anti-social ways are provided with less instruction and less positive feedback, they tend to like school less, learn less and attend less • These children are at greater risk of dropping out and engaging in delinquent acts • Across studies, the social and emotional competence of young children predicts their academic performance in 1st grade, OVER and above their cognitive skills and family background! Research Messages:

  4. Challenges Facing Young Children • Forty-six percent of kindergarten teachers said that half their class had specific problems in basic social and emotional development • Children who have poor academic achievement early on are at risk for delinquent and antisocial behavior • Risk and protective factors need to be identified early, and interventions should target both

  5. Challenges Facing Young Children The most prevalent psychosocial risk factors are: • Poverty (1 in 4 children are born poor) • Quality of early attachments • Parental depression (1 in 10 women experience postpartum depression) • Parental substance abuse (the majority of parents with children in child protective services have problems with alcohol and drugs)

  6. Challenges Facing Young Children • Divorce (1 in 60 children sees their parents divorce each year) • Inconsistent or harsh parenting (3 million children are maltreated each year) • Exposure to domestic violence (1 million incidents of intimate partner violence in 1998) • Exposure to community violence (40 to 60 percent of urban youth reported seeing a shooting)

  7. What is Challenging Behavior?

  8. Defining “Challenging Behavior” Challenging Behavior has three components: •interferes with children’s learning, development and successful play. • is harmful to the child, other children or adults. • puts a child at high risk for later social problems or school failure.

  9. A Major Key to Helping Any Child with Challenging Behaviors is… • A trusting, reflective relationship: - open-mindedness • whole-heartedness • responsibility (John Dewey, How We Think)

  10. Some challenging behaviors are a typical part of development

  11. A Decision Making Model • Step 1: Focus your attention • Step 2: Factor in Development • Step 3: Consider Context • Step 4: Identify Problem Ownership • Step 5: Match Strategy to Development • Step 6: Match Strategy to Situation • Step 7: Implement and Evaluate • Step 8: Refer, If Necessary • Adapted from Marion, M.(2007). Guidance of Young Children • Page 7 of SE Field Guide

  12. Early Childhood Mental Health Resources and Tools to Support Social and Emotional Development • WEBSITES • TOOLS • DVDs and CDs • BOOKS • PUBLICATIONS and ARTICLES • Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Resources

  13. Guiding Young Children’s Behavior by Supporting Social and Emotional Development: A Core Knowledge Early Childhood Field Guide • Overview • Professional Development • Observation and Assessment • Learning Environments and Experiences • Family and Community Relations • Child Growth and Development • The Administrators Role

  14. Other Considerations • Classroom environment • Transitions • Temperament (Goodness of Fit) • Observations • Teacher experience • Relational Presence/poverty • Rhythm, music and movement

  15. Effects on teachers • stress (15) • frustration (4) • burnout (4) • workers comp claims (3) • injury (3) • discouragement (3) • tired (3) • failure (2) • disrespect (1) • lack of patience (1) • exhaustion (1) • change positions/relocate staff (1)

  16. Strengthening our own Protective Factors How full is your pitcher?

  17. Developed for COAD RegionSpring 2013 Head Start Summit Created by Marla Himmeger

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