A socially and emotionally healthy, ready for school child can

1
A socially and emotionally healthy, ready for
school child can

•  make friends
• get along with his or her peers
• communicate well with teachers

2
Social and emotional health is based on a
foundation of

•  Emotional security
• Social skills and attitudes/social competence
• Sense of belonging

3
What is a community?

•  A group of individuals who have a serious stake
  in each others well being and who can accomplish
  together that which they could not do alone (Katz
  McClellan, 1997)
• For children, an absence of a sense of belonging
  to a community can have a deep effect on a
  childs social development

4
What is the teachers role?

• Part of the teachers role in the development of
  social competence is creating a community feeling
  and a supportive, cooperative classroom climate
• In caring classrooms teachers look at their
  relationships with children and childrens
  relationships with one another
• Teachers communicate Individual behavior has an
  effect on what kind of class it will be