Social
Development
Lab

Along with parents, teachers share responsibility to help children grow socially and emotionally.  When children enter preschool and kindergarten classrooms, they are often faced for the first time with tasks important to social development, such as joining play groups successfully and constantly sharing and taking turns.  Most young children benefit from teacher instruction on how to do these things.  Additionally, children’s struggles over toys and other materials provide teachers with excellent opportunities to teach children how to cope with anger, frustration, and other emotions.  Below please find links to resources focused on children’s social and emotional development.  If the links below do not address the specific questions you have, please feel free to contact Dr. Schultz at dschultz@umbc.edu.

General child development Information: http://www.childdevelopmentinfo.com/index.htm Tips on teaching social skills from another teacher: http://home.att.net/~clnetwork/socialsk.htm Health & nutrition website: www.kidnetic.com www.about.com/health www.health-fitness-tips.com Second Step Violence Prevention Program (pre-K through9th-grade): http://www.cfchildren.org/ssf/ssf/ssindex/ PATHS Violence Prevention Program (pre-K through 6th-grade): http://www.channing-bete.com/prevention-programs/paths/ Research-based social and emotional development programs: http://www.casel.org/downloads/Safe%20and%20Sound/1A_Safe_&_Sound.pdf Center for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning: http://www.casel.org/home/index.php