[MAKE UP SESSION] The Importance of Teaching Social-Emotional Skills in Early Childhood Education, by Barbara Kaiser

Research shows that social and emotional skills are as important to school performance as academic readiness skills. Teachers can support all children, especially children with challenging behavior as they work to develop their internal controls—and at the same time direct them onto a more positive emotional and educational trajectory by teaching social and emotional skills—the behaviors, attitudes, and words that allow us to initiate and maintain positive social relationships.

There is no doubt children learn social and emotional skills simply by being in a group, but they learn much more when you teach these skills proactively. Giving them formal status in the program makes your teaching intentional and explicit rather than hidden, highlights their value, and amplifies the classroom’s pro-social ambience.

Join this comprehensive and powerful webinar, presented by early childhood social emotional expert, Barbara Kaiser, to learn what children need to know and what you need to do.