Family Matters
The term for a family that is generally accepting of change and celebrates individual differences.
Open family
A baby is laying on the floor shaking a rattle. You lay down next to her.
Interact at physical level.
Erikson's first stage of psychosocial development.
Trust vs. Mistrust
A mild, short-lived stress to everyday challenges (e.g., first day of school), essential for growth
Positive Stress
It has 6-steps and the process is more important than the outcome.
Conflict Ressolution
The parenting style that is associated with low warmth and high control.
What is authoritarian (or brick wall).
During outside play, you say to a child who is running, "You are running very fast!"
Using comments as conversational openers - parallel talk.
One of Shanker's Stress Domains, that includes stressors such as remembering tasks and learning new information.
Cognitive Stress
It ancludes experiences such as abuse and neglect and may impact long-term mental and physical wellbeing.
ACES (or toxic stress)
A type of chart used to recognize patterns in a child's behaviour for the purpose of figuring out the cause of that behaviour.
ABC Chart
A dysfunctional communication pattern where two members in conflict involve a third person (often a child) to reduce tension, deflect blame, or gain support, rather than addressing issues directly.
Triangulation (toxic triangulation)
While playing with toy farm animals, you sing "Old Macdonald had a Farm"
Sing spontaneously to children.
The most common attachment style, characterized by infants who are sad when their caregiver leaves and happy when they return.
Secure attachment
Experiences that help build resilience in children
Protective factors (Positive childhood experiences)
The portion of an individual's self-concept derived from perceived membership in relevant social groups, such as nationality, race, or religion.
Social Identity
According to Bowen's family system's theory, it is the most unstable form (or size) of family or relationship.
Two people
Johnny is lining up his toy cars from smallest to biggest, so you start lining cars up in the same way.
Use materials in the same way.
This old guy said we need things like food and shelter before we need things like safety and belonging.
Maslow
The back-and-forth interactions that are essential for infant brain development.
Serve and return
An example of how educators can mitigate their own bias. (give any example)
Educate yourself, engage with others, challenge your own thinking, self-awareness, etc.
In a study comparing lying behavior amongst 3 and 4 year olds in schools with harsh punishment vs schools with less-harsh punishment, what was the impact on lying behaviour in school with harsh punishment?
Children lied more.
You notice Sammy digging a hole in the sandbox. You watch quietly, observing what Sammy is doing.
S.O.U.L or OWL
The psychosocial stage in which children (usually preschool-aged) are focused on social interaction and being accepted in play with peers.
Initiative vs guilt
A cognitive ability that includes the skills of working memory, cognitive flexibility, and inhibitory control.
Executive Function
In conflict resolution, this is what you would do if you ask a child how to solve a problem and they don't give an answer.
ASK AGAIN