Social and Emotional Development in Children through Emerging Adults A Guide for Professionals 1st Edition – (PDF/EPUB Version)

This concise guide offers an introduction to how children and young people develop social and emotional competence, and how they display appropriate social behavior and emotional expression at different ages. Explaining the role of adults in a range of contexts and settings, this volume offers strategies for supporting competence and highlights key topics, such as attachment, prosocial behavior, social perspective taking, ethnic identity, social and emotional learning, gender identity, parenting styles, and much more. Moving through the different ages of childhood to emerging adulthood, the authors detail social and emotional development and the development of the self. They also offer strategies to foster social–emotional competence through these different ages. Social and Emotional Development in Children through Emerging Adults is designed for students and professionals in psychological, educational, health and social work settings who want to support and nurture children and young people to ensure their needs are met.