COURSE: Early Childhood Education I UNIT C Working with Children

Understand techniques for communicating

COMPETENCY: 7.00 B2 12% expectations, setting limits, and guiding
behavior.
OBJECTIVE: 7.02 B2 7% Understand techniques for guiding behavior.
Essential Question​: What guidance techniques are most effective?
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What are the major goals of guiding children?

∙ To promote prosocial behaviors
▪ Examples of prosocial behaviors
∙ To teach self-control
▪ Examples of self-control

What are the two types of guidance?

Direct (involving physical and verbal actions) and indirect (involving outside factors that
influence behavior)
∙ Direct guidance techniques

° Use simple language

° Speak in a relaxed voice
° Be positive
° Offer choices with care
° Encourage independence and cooperation
° Be firm
° Be consistent
° Provide time for change
° Consider feelings
° Intervene when necessary
∙ Indirect guidance techniques
° Open classroom, good visibility
° Close monitoring of young children
° Large, open spaces
° Bathrooms easy to find and use
° Fixtures at children’s levels
 ° Place to hang up their own coats
° Low shelves and sinks to help with cleanup
° Designated place for all toys and materials
° Cues on shelves to show what is stored there
° Marked containers
OBJECTIVE: 7.02 B2 7% Understand techniques for guiding behavior.
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Recommended techniques for guiding behavior

∙ Positive reinforcement
∙ Using consequences
∙ Warnings
∙ Time out
∙ I–messages
∙ Effective praise
- Make praise age-appropriate
- Give praise immediately
- Establish eye contact
- Don’t overuse praise

∙ Suggesting
∙ Prompting
∙ Persuading
∙ Redirecting
∙ Modeling
∙ Listening, active listening
∙ Ignoring
∙ Encouraging
∙ Promote a positive self-concept
- Words and actions
- Reactions
- Subtle messages
- Verbal and nonverbal feedback
- Activities that make children feel good about themselves
- Experiences that provide for student success