Promoting Social-emotional Development in Childcare: The Foundation for Healthy Outcomes

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1. Which of these is NOT one of the four lenses that influence children’s social-emotional development?

a.The attachment lens

b.The activity level lens

c.The culture lens

d.The trauma lens

e. The development lens

2. Why do we need to individualize our expectations and strategies for children?

a.There are individual differences in children’s rates of development

b.Children’s individual experiences contribute to developmental differences

c.Children have different temperaments that contribute to how they approach learning

d.Development is characterized by periods of organization and disorganization

e.All of the above

3. Infant and early childhood mental health is the same thing as social-emotional development.

a.True

b. False

4. Why is the term ‘self-regulation’ not an accurate description of the ability to regulate our emotions and level of arousal?

a.Because children don’t understand what that means

b.Because ‘regulation’ can only be learned in relationship with others (“regulating partners”)

c.Because we don’t want children to grow up to be ‘self-centered

d.All of the above

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