Early Childhood Development and Adversity/Crisis
Introduction All babies and toddlers experience some degree of stress in their life, but they are very resilient and are really good at adapting to and coping with changes and …
Course: Coping with Changes: Social-Emotional Learning Through Play
Five key characteristics of learning through play
Children between the ages of 4 to 9 go through big changes in social and emotional development. These changes manifest in the ways in which children play. The importance of …
Core components of social-emotional Learning though Play in middle childhood
In this step, we’ll see two examples of learning through play activities for middle childhood with Dr. Stephanie Jones and Rebecca Bailey from the Harvard EASEL Lab. They will explore …
Reflection
If you chose C or D for all of the questions in the quiz, you probably have considerable experience working with adolescents and facilitating sessions. You can go ahead and …
Reflection: Paper airplanes
Here are examples of the kinds of reflection questions you could ask: What? How did you feel while doing the activity? How did you feel when your airplane did not …
Reflection: Back to back
Here are examples of the kinds of reflection questions you could ask: What? How did it feel to be the one listening to the instructions? How did it feel to …
Supporting young children in times of stress
In this step, we will hear from Paul Ramchandani, LEGO Professor of Play in Education at PEDAL, how will talk about some of the ways that you can support babies …
What is mindfulness?
Stress and difficult times affect our mind and body, and stress manifests in everyone’s bodies differently. Practising mindfulness every day will help you to stay well and will help when …
How to Create a Self-Care Plan
It’s important to take care of yourself before supporting others. When you do take care of yourself, you are a more patient mother, father, caregiver, teacher and community member. Creating …
Skills & strategies – part 2
Now you can try the STOP-THINK-GO method to support yourself and others to manage their problems. STOP: Take a pause and a deep breath, and consider what problems are most …
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Coping with Changes: Social-Emotional Learning Through Play