Can I please play with that toy?

1. Can I please play with that toy? BUILDING POSITIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN YOUNG CHILDREN Presented by Telesa Bullock and Tannis Bailey

2. Introductions • Behavior Consultant • Family Oriented Programming Teacher

3. Acknowledgements • MHSD #76 Print Centre, specifically Mike Bonogofsky and Brenda Garrioch. • MHSD #76 Early Childhood Teachers: The concerns and ideas that you have shared are the foundation of this project. • Very special thanks to Judy Hillier, Director of Primary Services and Vicki Glass, Pre-School Special Needs Co-ordinator for their constant support and input.

4. Social and Emotional Facts • Kindergarten teachers say that about 20 percent of children entering kindergarten do not yet have the necessary social and emotional skills to be “ready” for school. • Social and emotional development is important because it contributes to cognitive development. • When children are young, the adults around them (parents, other adult caregivers, preschool teachers) are the most important influences on their social and emotional development. • Preschool education can support early development with long term social and emotional benefits. (www.brighttots.com)

5. Social and Emotional Developmental Kits: • Dealing with Aggression • Understanding Peer Relationships • Understanding Emotions • Creating Positive Solutions to Anger • Building Teacher/Student Relationships • Working Through Transitions • Building Self Esteem • Being Honest

6. Social and Emotional Developmental Kits • Keeping Calm – Dealing With Aggression • Being a Good Friend – Understanding Relationships • I Have Feelings – Understanding Emotions • Hands Are Not For Hitting – Creating Positive Solutions to Anger

7. Keeping Calm Kit Lesson 1 – To identify, understand and implement what it means to be a good sport. • Being a Good Sport – Dealing With Losing social story Lesson 2 – To understand and identify when you are angry. • When I Am Angry Activity • Keeping Calm social story Lesson 3 – To understand that using unkind words can be hurtful. • Apple Banging Activity

8. Being A Good Friend Kit Lesson 1 – To identify and understand the characteristics of a good friend. • The Kindness Tree Activity Lesson 2 – To join in play appropriately and demonstrate positive social behaviours while playing with a group of peers. • Joining In Play social story Lesson 3 – To have a child seek out a peer and ask him/her to play. • Asking Someone to Play social story Lesson 4 -To review being a good friend and implement the strategies taught in different settings • I Can Be A Super Friend book

9. I Have Feelings Kit Lesson 1 – To understand that my words, face and body tell others how I am feeling. • “Look at the Face – Look at the Body” poster Lesson 2 – To understand and demonstrate what it feels like to be happy and sad. • Happy and Sad Finger Puppets Lesson 3 – To understand and demonstrate what it feels like to be angry and to respect other’s personal space. • How to Cure a Bad Mood Lesson 4 -To understand that our emotions make up who we are and can change throughout the day. • Feeling pictures and Bendaroos • Magic Foam

10. Hands Are Not For Hitting Kit Lesson 1 – To think of positive solutions to problems instead of hitting. • Solution and Problem Solving Cards Lesson 2 – To understand that I can use my hands to help others. • Thumb Up/Thumb Down cards • Sam and Molly felt figures Lesson 3 – To understand that I can use my hands to talk. • My Hands are For Social Story Lesson 4 -To verbalize and demonstrate positive solutions to anger. • Tucker Turtle puppet

11. Questions or Comments

12. Thank-you for coming.