Discussion: Caregiver Contributions to Socioemotional Development

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This week as you are out and about, observe parents and caregivers interacting with their infants and toddlers. Like last week, observations can be completed at home, at the mall, grocery store, aquarium, park, restaurant, really anywhere you might see/hear interactions between adults and very young children up to 3 years of age. Make sure to have read the chapter and observation directions first so that you will know what to look for. Part of your grade is based on you selecting and observing children in the correct age ranges which means -do not report on a child that is 3 or over.

Also like last week, this discussion topic will be good practice for the similar sections on your upcoming infant toddler observation. You may re-use the examples you post here on your observation report.

Two examples are required:

Example 1-Looking for Caregiver behaviors that promote Trust or Autonomy

1. Age of Child (always between 0-35 months)
2. Describe the interaction. The interaction must include both the verbal and nonverbal actions and responses from both the child and the adult. Again, kind of like a little video transcript.
3. Provide a 1-2 sentence explanation, focused on the caregiver’s behavior or response that identifies the part of their behavior or response that is likely to influence the child’s social-emotional development.

Example 2-Looking for Caregiver behaviors that promote Mistrust or Shame/Doubt

1. Age of Child (always between 0-35 months)
2. Describe the interaction. The interaction must include both the verbal and nonverbal actions and responses from both the child and the adult. Again, kind of like a little video transcript.
3. Provide a 1-2 sentence explanation, focused on the caregiver’s behavior or response that identifies the part of their behavior or response that is likely to influence the child’s social-emotional development.

Make sure to include, in bold type, the name of Erickson’s stage in your explanation (Trust or Autonomy or Mistrust, or Shame/Doubt). If you find yourself writing about how the child feels… back up and redo. This is an analysis of the caregiver’s behavior.

Sample

1. Age: 2 years 8 months
2. Interaction: After putting the little girl in the baby swing, the teacher tries to buckle her but the child became upset and said “NO! Me do it” Teacher said “All right, you do it, tell me when you’re ready and stood near with an encouraging look on her face. The child struggled for some time but eventually clicked the two buckles together and exclaimed “ready!” and the teacher said “you did it!” okay let’s swing now.
3. Explanation By the caregiver allowing a child to try, and having the patience to give the child enough time to succeed they can promote autonomy.

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