Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

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Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning

• Understanding, supporting and developing.
• Session 3

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Helping your child to grow

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Self-esteem

• Self esteem is the most important contribution
  that any adult can make to a childs life.
• Going through life with low self-esteem is
  possible, but it is like riding a bike with flat
  tyres.
• It is the bedrock on which the majority of
  personality traits rest and will do more to
  determine a childs future than any other single
  factor!
• In order to teach it to a child, an adult must
  first have it within.

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What makes up self-esteem?

• There are 3 main parts that contribute to high
  self-esteem
• A sense of Self
• A sense of belonging
• A sense of personal power

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Selfesteem is not about

• Letting your child do what they want to make them
  happy!
• It is about..
• Putting boundaries in place
• Letting them know that someone cares and that
  they matter even if they dont like what you are
  saying e.g. no you are not going out until
  midnight and I dont care what your mates are
  doing!
• Helping them to feel good about themselves

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Multiple Intelligence

• How intelligent are you?
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• How are you intelligent?

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Multiple Intelligence
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Maslows Hierarchy
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Different ways to be intelligentFeeling good
about myselfFeeling safe and that I
matterUnderstanding my strengths and weaknesses

• Key points

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Homework

• Take a Multiple Intelligence profile home with
  you for your child (this is one we use with
  students in school) and complete it together
• Get your child to think about famous people that
  they admire and what their areas of Multiple
  Intelligence would be
• Spend a little time every day with you child on
  your own doing something they want to do
• Read the Top Tips sheet!