During social interactions emotional expressions reflect what goes on between individuals; parent and child dynamically and reciprocally alter their emotions with respect to the ongoing and anticipated emotions of each other (Butler 2011; Fogel 1993; Hinde 1997; Morelen and Suveg 2012).
Not exact matches
The Abecedarian Program also had a focus on quality with ideal caregiver - child ratios (1 - to - 3 for infants and toddlers and 1 - to - 6
during preschool), and a curriculum focused on children's language, cognitive, and
social emotional development through high quality caregiver - child
interactions.
During infancy, parents provide primarily for infants» basic needs for sustenance, protection, comfort,
social interaction and stimulation; by toddlerhood, as children begin to walk and talk, parents must also set age - appropriate limits on exploration while encouraging cognitive,
social and language development.1 The challenges of parenting young children are best met when the mother has adequate
emotional support and help with child care and is emotionally stable herself.
Children's experiences and relationships
during their formative years have a far - reaching impact, and early childhood professionals play a critical role in fostering the
social and
emotional competence children need to process and learn from these
interactions.
Children who have disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure have been shown to be vulnerable to stress, have problems with regulation and control of negative emotions, and display oppositional, hostile - aggressive behaviours, and coercive styles of
interaction.2, 3 They may exhibit low self - esteem, internalizing and externalizing problems in the early school years, poor peer
interactions, unusual or bizarre behaviour in the classroom, high teacher ratings of dissociative behaviour and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood, high levels of teacher - rated
social and behavioural difficulties in class, low mathematics attainment, and impaired formal operational skills.3 They may show high levels of overall psychopathology at 17 years.3 Disorganized attachment with a primary attachment figure is over-represented in groups of children with clinical problems and those who are victims of maltreatment.1, 2,3 A majority of children with early disorganized attachment with their primary attachment figure
during infancy go on to develop significant
social and
emotional maladjustment and psychopathology.3, 4 Thus, an attachment - based intervention should focus on preventing and / or reducing disorganized attachment.
These findings suggest that a high parental focus on negative feelings
during parent — child
interaction can stimulate, rather than relieve,
social -
emotional problems in children.
Explore parents» / caregivers» ideas about the role they play in supporting the
social and
emotional well - being of their young children
during one - on - one
interactions or parent groups;