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Importance of self-regulation skills

By |2023-06-19T22:33:03+10:00March 20th, 2023|Mental health|

Link Between Self-Regulation Skills, Mental Health & Early Academic Skills WHAT IS SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SELF-REGULATION? Social-emotional development refers to children's emerging capacity to experience, regulate and express a range of emotions; develop close, satisfying relationships with other children and adults; and to actively explore their environment and learn. Self-regulation is a child's ability to

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Sleep – Importance & impact on development

By |2023-06-09T11:11:14+10:00January 16th, 2023|Children, Parents/Carers|

You might not have known this, but when children sleep, their brain grows and develops. And while they sleep their brain is still working, but working in a way that doesn't happen when they are awake. When the brain is 'working' during sleep it forms: Connections between the left and right hemisphere of the brain,

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Self-esteem and Self-efficacy and How to Build Each One

By |2023-06-16T10:39:19+10:00June 27th, 2021|Mental health|

Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy - The Link With Building Your Mental Health The following 'self' words are all important in contributing to a growing positive wellbeing and identity - The foundations for life. When you work on your self-esteem and self-efficacy, you are building your socio-emotional wellbeing, that is, your mental health. This all contributes to developing your self-concept- an

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Grow In A ‘Learning Community’ Part 1

By |2023-06-16T10:39:34+10:00June 26th, 2021|Mental health|

Build Your Self Concept and Improve Your Mental Health - Collaboration Improve your mental health as you focus on building your socio-emotional wellbeing, which includes developing your self-concept. Self-esteem and self-efficacy are just the foundations. You can actively improve your mental health by growing in a 'learning community'. Self-esteem + self-efficacy = Accurate self-concept What

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Grow In A ‘Learning Community’ Part 2

By |2023-06-16T10:39:59+10:00June 26th, 2021|Mental health|

Build Your Self Concept and Improve Your Mental Health - Reflective Practice Remember, to develop your self concept grow in your 'learning community'. To do this, work on 2 major skills... ~ Collaboration: Is about growing in your 'learning community'. (To read about this again, click here) ~ Reflective practice: Is about maintaining the growth of the 'community' and growing

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What Do All These ‘Self’ Words Mean?

By |2023-06-16T10:40:10+10:00December 6th, 2020|Mental health|

The following 'self' words are all important in contributing to a growing positive wellbeing and identity - The foundations for life. To shape a confident IDENTITY, you need to... To build your EMOTIONAL WELLBEING, through developing a high... Self-esteem + self-efficacy = Accurate self-concept Self-esteem ~ Also known as self-worth and self-value, self-esteem incorporates

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Partnering with Families and Children

By |2023-06-16T10:41:06+10:00September 19th, 2020|Children, Parents/Carers|

'Family Stories' - Understanding These 'Stories' to Support Wellbeing The social-emotional wellbeing of children has a major impact on overall growth and development, including academic skills. Most importantly, children's developing self-esteem and confidence influences the development of a positive and secure sense-of-self and identity, which contributes to their wellbeing (11,23). The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF)

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Why Talk? – How You Can Improve Self-Regulation Skills

By |2023-06-16T10:41:27+10:00June 23rd, 2019|Children, Parents/Carers|

Talking and the Link with Self-Regulation Skills... That Empowers Children's Voice Self-Regulation Skills.... Self-regulation skills are an important developmental skill that has an accumulating influence and effect on various areas of children's development, including their self-esteem and self-worth, which builds their social-emotional wellbeing and self-identity. By empowering children with their voice through facilitating intentional

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What are Self-Regulation Skills?

By |2023-06-16T10:41:38+10:00May 28th, 2019|Children, Parents/Carers|

Self-Regulation Skills and the Link with Social-Emotional Wellbeing What the research says... The importance of social-emotional development has been clearly established, especially in recent research with the emphasis on social-emotional health and wellbeing (6,11,12). There is now also an awareness of the link between social-emotional development and self-regulation skills. Thus, there has been an

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