theory to practice Kostelnik, Marjorie J. Whiren, Alice Phipps. Soderman, Anne K. Gregory, Kara. text bibliography nyu Clifton Park, NY Thomson Delmar Learning c2006 2006 Fifth edition. monographic eng

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xvi, 574 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. 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 -- Contextual perspectives and social competence -- Contextual thinking concerning children -- Your role in fostering children's social competence -- Developmentally appropriate practices and social competence -- Initiating social relationships in infancy -- Infant characteristics as factors in social relationships -- Individuation and socialization -- emergence of communicative competence -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 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 -- Key terms -- discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Promoting children's self-awareness and self-esteem through verbal cmmunication -- The child's evolving sense of self -- How adult practices relate to self-esteem -- the verbal environment -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Responding to children's emotions -- Children's emotional development -- Problems children encounter when dealing with emotions -- Appropriate ways of responding to children's emotions -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 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 -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Enhancing children's play -- The nature of play -- Types of play -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 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 -- Likeness -- Difficulty with friendships -- The friendship process -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- 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 -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Fostering self-discipline in children : expressing appropriate expectations for their behavior -- 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 -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Fostering self-discipline in children : implementing 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 : the ultimate consequence -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Handling children's aggressive behavior -- What aggression is -- Why children are aggressive -- The emergence of aggression -- Ineffective strategies adults try 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 -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Promoting prosocial behavior -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Supporting children's development : sexuality, ethnicity, and special needs -- Children's psychosexual development -- Ethnic identity, preferences, and attitudes in children -- Inclusion of children with special needs -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments -- Making judgments -- Variables that affect judgment -- Judgments about ethical behavior -- Judgments about children's extreme behavior -- Judgments regarding child abuse and neglect -- Pitfalls to avoid -- Key terms -- Discussion questions -- Field assignments. Marjorie J. Kostelnik ... [et al.]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 539-566) and index. BIED Child development Socialization Social skills in children HQ767.9 .G85 2006 155.418 1401897630 (alk. paper) 9781401897635 2005012992 Ayesha Abed Library DLC 190912 20211129152602.0 35358