Behavior and Strategies for the Home and School Settings
ECE 313
April 1, 2013
Behavior and Strategies for the Home and School Settings
Each child’s learning experience and environment must fit their needs to assure they learn and development. Educators must support and work with the whole family to maximize learning, development, and to have a solid support system for the child. A child education program that focuses on what is age appropriate and developmental aspects of each child can conquer behavior issues, build a relationship with the family, and help the family build a good sense of community. Strategies that will encourage age appropriate behaviors at school and for a successful family-centered early education program for children are attachment, self-help skills, empowerment, pro-social skills, and self-esteem.
Children learn and develop through previous experiences, examples from adults at home, school, and in the community. Providing children with positive learning experiences at school prepares them for a life of learning in and out of school. Giving the children a sense of community in and out of the classroom allows children to have experience outside of their initial culture and environment.
Educators that support families build trusting relationships with the whole family and promotes learning for the child at school and at home. A teacher that has a trusting relationship with families can better assess the child that is in the classroom because the parents are more likely to share information with the teacher. Parents that trust the teacher and all the other staff in a child education program are more likely to use resources that will help the child and the family.
Attachment: It has been found in studies of nonclinical samples that insightfulness provides the conditions for sensitive, appropriate and emotionally regulated caregiving and supports the development of secure child– parent attachment (Oppenheim...