Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Digging Deeper: Looking Beyond Behavior to Discover Meaning









This is a great free resource for families and teachers of very young children.

It is a unit of three online lessons that explore the Responsive Process—Watch;  Ask 'I Wonder' Questions;  and Adapt: Using 'Flexible Responses'  to the behaviors of very young children.

Program staff, education coordinators, trainers, and parents will find it useful to build or refresh their observation skills and responses to children’s behaviors. Head Start Program Performance Standards and other resources are included.

Lesson 1: Watch
Understanding a child’s behavior is not easy. Lesson 1 helps you recognize how hard understanding behavior can be. The steps in the Responsive Process are discussed and the first step of the process, Watch, is explained. A short video clip of a toddler and offers an opportunity to practice the “Watch” skills.               
There are also print out worksheets to help you observe children.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Resource in collaboration with ZERO TO THREE

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