Abstract
The example cited above really happened. It was one in a long list of challenging behaviors shown by the four-year-old in question. His day care teachers were desperate for ways to help him and others improve their behavior to make the classroom a place where children and teachers could work, learn, and play productively and in peace. They fervently wanted to find ways to meet this goal--NOW.
A chair sailed through the air, narrowly missing three children playing in the ‘house corner’ and the classroom aide who was gathering materials for circle time. A four-year-old had thrown the chair in anger.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2003 Springer Science+Business Media New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Denham, S.A., Burton, R. (2003). Targeting Programs for Preschool Emotional and Social Competence. In: Social and Emotional Prevention and Intervention Programming for Preschoolers. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0055-1_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0055-1_2
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4613-4903-7
Online ISBN: 978-1-4615-0055-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive