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[louise prins]

Hi, please can someone give me some ideas how i can write an assignment.Discuuss the claim that children's early social relationships are the foundation for emotional security and social understanding.
Obviously i know that it does,but i don't know how to structure my essay.Any ideas please would be gratefully acknowledged.
Thanks Louise

[Galleon]

Phew ... a tall order ... structuring an essay ... I'm a little rusty !
I've just received a great book from Amazon 'Social skills in the Early Years - Supporting Social and Behavioural Learning' by Kay Mathieson.

I think you would find this really useful, I'll include a few of the key points here as it might give you some ideas for your essay.

SECTION 1
Learning social skills
-watching others
-trying out ourselves
-breaking down skills
-practising skills seaparately
- fitting skills together
- applying skills to various situations
-improve own skill level through rehearsal and repetition

SECTION 2
Dealing with conflict
This discusses how we can break down social interaction into skills which can be practised and using conflict as a learning experience.
Skills for conflict resolution :
Listening
Communicating needs and wishes
Understanding a situation
Ability to appreciate another's view
Ability to communicate respect

SECTION 3
Grown ups make a difference - Teaching and learning about behaviour
How we can promote the characteristics of well being which are :
feeling at ease
Being in contact with feelings and emotions and enjoying life
Acting spontaneously
Showing vitality and self confidence
Open to the world
Expressing inner rest and relaxation

I think the book has the approach that through social relationships children develop emotional security and an understanding of others.

Hope this helps a bit. I would get the book, it is very inspiring and simple to read, and came very quickly from Amazon !

Good luck with the essay

Galleon

[louise prins]

[Hi Galleon,
Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.This is such a helpful ,supportive site.I am going to order that book that you recommended to me-cheers.Thanks for the pointers,you have steered me in the right direction.I think the problem was that i was feeling overwhelmed as there is so much that you could write for that topic.
I hope that i can be some help to you in the future.
Louise :)

[Galleon]

Hi Louise,
Glad my post was of some use ... it is such a huge vague, title you could go in lots of directions really.
Good luck with the essay !

Galleon :D