• Early Childhood Indicators of Progress (scroll down and click on “Social and Emotional”

• Teach about solutions through use of the solution kit:  https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/SocialEmotionalSkills_solution-kit_cue-cards.pdf

• Video example of using the solution kit:  https://vimeo.com/194718849

• Use activities from book nooks and social stories to teach expectations and skills: 
  http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/strategies.html  My favorite are "I can share" for ages 1-3 at http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/share.pdf, "Mouse was Mad" for 2-5 years, "Hands are not for hitting"-ages 2-8 and up, and "No Biting" 

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Strategies

• Talk about friendship:  https://vimeo.com/216163314

• Encourage cooperative play:  https://vimeo.com/216182980

• Encourage attempts to join play: https://vimeo.com/216180550

• Stay close to reduce conflict: https://vimeo.com/216178791

• Use real-life situations:  https://vimeo.com/216107195

• Read “social stories”

  • https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/docs/ProblemSolving_Story_Home_EN.pdf

  • https://www.pbisworld.com/tier-2/social-stories/

  • https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/

  • https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/resources/index.html

  • https://challengingbehavior.cbcs.usf.edu/Pyramid/pbs/TTYC/tools.html

• Use books and “book nook” activities to teach social skills

  • http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/bn_problem.pdf

  • http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/booknook/share.pdf

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Research:

• Dr. Alison Gopnik: Crackers versus Broccoli study:  https://youtu.be/GkYQg0l5bMY

• Still face experiment video: https://youtu.be/apzXGEbZht0