Creating an Emotionally Safe Preschool Classroom: Responsibility, Respect, and Relationships

  • Aligns with Ohio SUTQ content standards in the Social Emotional domain
    • Awareness & Expression of Emotion
  • 3 hours
  • OA-L3

This training is part 2 of “Helping Children Express Mad Feeling” and goes into depth about why children need to distinguish between mad and mean feelings, and be able to identify the level of mad feelings they are experiencing. It helps teachers guide children to modulate their feelings are respond in an age appropriate way.

Part 1 of this class is not a required prerequisite.

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Objectives

Group Activity: after reading three case studies, participants will identify why is the child mad; if the child’s response is appropriate; if response is not appropriate, how does a teacher help the child express angry feelings appropriately using kind words.
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Learning Environments and Experiences
  • Subgroup: Interactions and Relationships
  • Competency: 2.10 Uses a variety of positive direct and indirect guidance methods and avoids negative methods.
Group Activity: Participants will provide 3 examples of how mad feelings can lead to mean behaviors. Demonstrate how to respond and intervene to prevent the mean behaviors (in a kind way).
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Learning Environments and Experiences
  • Subgroup: Interactions and Relationships
  • Competency: 3.10 Relates guidance practices to knowledge of children’s personalities, levels of development and different learning needs.
Group activity: Participants will develop 3 lesson plans in the social emotional concept area that promote children’s compassion and empathy towards others and promote their self esteem.
  • Core Knowledge Document: CKC Field Guide for Social and Emotional Development
  • Area: Learning Environments and Experiences
  • Subgroup: Interactions and Relationships
  • Competency: 3.5 Articulates and demonstrates realistic expectations for children’s attention spans, interests, social abilities, and physical needs when planning group experiences and teaches increased “groupness” and other social skills as appropriate.
This program is approved by the State of Ohio and is aligned with Ohio’s Step Up to Quality (SUTQ) standards.
Continuing Education Units are available for this program through approval of the Ohio Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Hanna Perkins is a CSWMFT-approved continuing education provider; No. RSC019904

To schedule this course for your organization, contact our Community Collaborations and Professional Development office.

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