Children’s social-emotional development influences all other areas of development: Cognitive, motor, and language development are all greatly affected by how a child feels about themselves and how they are able to express ideas and emotions.
Professionals sometimes define healthy social-emotional development in young children as early childhood mental health. Healthy social-emotional development includes the ability to:
Children with well-developed social-emotional skills are also more able to:
CSISD SOCIAL EMOTIONAL RESOURCES
- See more at: http://www.abilitypath.org/areas-of-development/social--emotional/what-is-social-emotional.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.VrW4TKwj.dpuf
Professionals sometimes define healthy social-emotional development in young children as early childhood mental health. Healthy social-emotional development includes the ability to:
- Form and sustain positive relationships
- Experience, manage, and express emotions
- Explore and engage with the environment
Children with well-developed social-emotional skills are also more able to:
- Express their ideas and feelings
- Display empathy towards others
- Manage their feelings of frustration and disappointment more easily
- Feel self-confident
- More easily make and develop friendships
- Succeed in school
CSISD SOCIAL EMOTIONAL RESOURCES
- See more at: http://www.abilitypath.org/areas-of-development/social--emotional/what-is-social-emotional.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/#sthash.VrW4TKwj.dpuf