Social Interactions
This page provides resources to support social interactions that promote the development of the whole child, including fostering a child’s social-emotional competence, communication, cognitive development, and problem solving skills.
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Description: Early Childhood Recommended Practice Modules (RPMs) are free modules developed for early care and education, early intervention, and early childhood special education faculty and professional development providers. The modules support the implementation of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Recommended Practices. In Module 1 on Interaction, you will learn to support children’s learning and development through quality adult-child and child-child interactions.
Description: Sensitive and responsive interactional practices are the foundation for promoting the development of a childs language and cognitive and emotional competence. These interactional practices are the basis for fostering all childrens learning. For children who have or are at risk for developmental delays/disabilities, they represent a critical set of strategies for fostering childrens social-emotional competence, communication, cognitive development, problem-solving, autonomy, and persistence. This...
Description: This document is part of the Roadmap to Effective Intervention Practices series of syntheses, intended to provide summaries of existing evidence related to assessment and intervention for social-emotional challenges of young children. The purpose of the syntheses is to offer consumers (professionals, other practitioners, administrators, families, etc.) practical information in a useful, concise format and to provide references to more complete descriptions of validated assessment and...
Description: With a foundation in behaviorism and social learning theory, Peer-Mediated Instruction and Intervention (PMII) involves systematically teaching peers without disabilities ways of engaging learners with ASD in positive and meaningful social interactions. The AFIRM model guides the learner through four lessons to facilitate: Learning basic knowledge about peer-mediated instruction and intervention (PMII). Applying PMII in activity based scenarios that promote real-world application. The PMII...
Description: Included in part of the Peer-mediated Instruction and Intervention Module (AFIRM), this document provides step-by-step instructions on how to implement PMII for Early Childhood.