Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 3.12: Promote the personal, social and emotional development of children
Learning outcome: 1 Understand personal, social and emotional development of children
Assessment criteria: 1.1 Describe the stages of personal, social and emotional development of children from birth to 7 years
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- Personal, Social and Emotional Development (PSED) is a broad area of a child’s development, which includes learning how to manage emotions, forming and maintaining relationships, developing self-awareness, becoming more independent and managing more of their own health/hygiene needs, developing confidence and self-esteem and developing compassion and empathy
- Babies (0-6mths)
- Crys to have needs met
- Smiles at caregiver
- Babies (6-18mths)
- Develops awareness of familiar faces and may become distressed if familiar faces are not present
- Crying for attention can change to babbling
- Begins to enjoy simple games (e.g. peek-a-boo)
- Toddlers (18mths-2yrs)
- Develops more independence and may be more defiant
- No sense of danger or concept of ownership
- Wider range of emotions develop, including having temper tantrums
- Begin to enjoy company of other children but play parallel to them rather than with them
- Pre-schoolers (3-4yrs)
- Are better able to separate from primary caregivers without becoming distessed
- Will begin to play with other children in cooperative play
- Can confuse make-believe and real-life
- Reception (5-6yrs)
- Plays with other children cooperatively
- Converse with adults and other children more and able to express their feelings verbally
- Develop more self-control and may be able to delay gratification
- Is able to complete many health/hygiene tasks with minimal support
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