Not exact matches
If the personality divide is breached by kids themselves, perhaps
with a touch of encouragement from parents and
teachers, the shy child can befriend a sensitive extrovert who coaxes her into new situations, and the aggressive kid can attach himself to a patient soul who teaches
emotional regulation by example.
The Second Step Program helps
teachers develop these skills in children as early as preschool and helps students enter kindergarten
with executive - function, self -
regulation, and social -
emotional skills.
The main components are 1)
teacher - guided learning and problem - solving in small groups in which children are stimulated to verbalize their plans and evaluate the problem solving, 2) peer collaboration in play and problem - solving,
with children alternating the role of tutor, 3) the use of memory aids symbolizing social rules, such as attentive listening and waiting for one's turn; and 4) sociodramatic play to promote
emotional self -
regulation.
Chang and Davis (2009) provided a thorough discussion of
teacher emotions and
regulation of emotions in challenging
teacher — student relationships that offers a basis to examine linkages between
teachers» mental representations of relationships
with individual students,
emotional experiences, and coping strategies.
Specifically, two components of emotion
regulation (poor
emotional appraisal and self -
regulation) significantly predicted burnout (Chan 2006),
with effective emotion
regulation predicting increased
teacher self - efficacy (Chan 2004).
There is some evidence that global relationship orientations of
teachers shape their daily
emotional lives, which converges
with notions from attachment scholars about the influence of attachment styles on emotion
regulation (Cassidy 1994).
The ramifications of the relationship between pupil and
teacher are not just confined to the school context; the relationship itself is considered an actual context of development (Hamilton & Howes, 1992; Kauffmann, Pullen, & Akers, 1986; Pianta, 1999), in which the
teacher becomes for the child a «significant other» and, as such, can modify the operative models based on the attachment bond established
with the mother, promoting new models of
emotional and behavioral
regulation (Cassidy, 1994; Pianta, 1999).
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.
Teachers»
Emotional and Behavioral Support and Preschoolers» Self -
Regulation: Relations
With Social and
Emotional Skills During Play.