1. Promoting Social- Emotional Development Lauren Jackson, OTS

2. Objectives Domains of Early Interventions Define Social-Emotional Development in Early Intervention Explain Effective Interventions for Promoting Social-Emotional Development –Occupational Performance Coaching –The Getting Ready Intervention Discuss Fieldwork Experiences Implications for OT

3. 5 Domains of Early Intervention Services Birth - Age 3 –Physical Skills –Cognitive Skills –Communication Skills –Social/Emotional Skills –Self Help Skills

4. Social-Emotional Development What are social-emotional skills? Why are these skills important?

5. Social-Emotional Milestones Birth to 3 months –Infants spend a lot of time getting to know their own bodies. 3 months to 6 months –Infants are interested in other people and learn to recognize primary caregivers. –Babies are more likely to initiate social interaction 6 months to 9 months –Babies show a wider emotional range and stronger preferences for familiar people

6. Milestones, Cont. 9 to 12 months –Imitation and self-regulation gain importance. 1 to 2 years –Become more aware of themselves and their ability to make things happen. –Express a wider range of emotions. 2 to 3 years –Begin to experience themselves as more powerful, creative "doers." They explore everything, show a stronger sense of self and expand their range of self-help skills.

7. Young Children In EI Environmental constraints Developmental delay –Social Skills –Social Participation

8. Occupational Performance Coaching What is OPC? –Client-centered Parents design goal for child –Coaching Therapist guides caregivers to look at their child’s goals in detail and identifies changes to the performance context that improves goal achievement. Observing, questioning, modeling In the natural setting –Promoting Parental Competence

9. The Getting Ready Intervention Strengths-based approach helping young children prepare for preschool Triadic Strategies Collaborative Consultation Models –Parent-Child Relationship –Parent-Professional Relationship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fj H4CGIscghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fj H4CGIscg

10. Occupation and Family Centered Approach Promotes social participation in play and preschool readiness Parent-child interaction –Including parent in therapy Recording OT sessions Teaching parents/caregivers specific interventions

11. THANK YOU Questions?

12. REFERENCES Graham, F., Rodger, S., & Ziviani, J. (2013). Effectiveness of occupational performance coaching in improving children’s and mothers’ performance and mothers’ self-competence. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67, 10-18. doi:10.5014/ajot.2013.004648 Knoche, L. L., Sheridan, S. M., Clarke, B. L., Edwards, C. P., Marvin, C. A., Cline, K. D., & Kupzyk, K. A. (2012). Getting ready: Results of a randomized trial of a relationship-focused intervention on the parent-infant relationship in rural early head start. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33(5), 439-458. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21320 Case-Smith, J. (2013). Systematic review of interventions to promote social-emotional development in young children with or at risk for disability. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 67, 395-404. http://dx.doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2013.004713 Case-Smith, J., & O'Brien, J. C. (2009). Occupational therapy for children. (6th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier Health Sciences.