SOCIAL EMOTIONAL OBSERVATION

ALL CHILDREN MUST BE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 0 - 2 1/2.

Part A (50 points)

1b. How is this handled by the caregiver? The caregiver went and picked the child up and
comforted him. After the child had stopped crying she showed him some of the blocks and
started to stack them and was playing with him.
1c. Was the response appropriate or inappropriate? Why or why not? I think this response was
appropriate because the child was obviously crying and scared, so she went and comforted him
and then started to play with the blocks with him.

2a. Record an objective observation of a display of anger (include exact age of child and
setting). During my observation two little boys the age of 2 and 2 were playing with toy cars.
When one of the boys took a car from the other boy. The little boy who was 2 , got his car
taken from him became very angry and started to hit the other child.
2b. How is this handled by the caregiver? The caregiver went over to the two little boys and
told them they needed to share their toys and to play nice.
2c. Was the response appropriate or inappropriate? Why or why not? I do not think this was
appropriate because she didnt even tell the little boy who got mad and began hitting the other
boy that was bad. Although, she told them to share and be nice. I think she should have talked
about how we dont hit each other.

3a. ALL THE EXAMPLES BELOW ARE FOR THE SAME CHILD WHO IS 10
MONTHS OLD.

Activity Level- While observing this child, he is always on the go. His activity level never seems
to stop. The child is 10 months old. During a diaper change the child was squirming around and
did not like to sit still to change his diaper.

Distractibility- When the child was drinking hit bottle, he would move like every second. When
another child made a noise or someone was talking he would have to turn and see what it was.
This made it difficult for the caregiver to feed the child because he seemed to be distracted by
every noise he heard.

Intensity- The child became very intense when he couldnt do something or go where he would
like. During my observation there are gates set up in the home care and the child would always
go back to the gate. The adults would keep bringing him back to the carpet area where all the
toys were and he would just crawl back to the gate and he would get mad and then start to cry.
When the child couldnt figure out how to open the fridge on a toy kitchen set he threw a fit and
threw his head on the floor and began to cry very loudly.

Regularity- The 10-month old child sticks to the time schedule that the parents had told the
caregivers to use. I asked the caregivers and they said he always eats at the same time everyday.
While observing at 10:45 the child would have a bottle and then go down for a nap. When the
child woke he played around with toys. Around 3 the child has another bottle and then takes
another nap.

Sensitivity Threshold- All the children were sitting down enjoying a snack while observing the
home care setting, a fire truck drove by with its loud sirens. The child began to cry because of the
loud noise. A caregiver went and comforted him.

Approach/Withdrawal- When observing the little boy, it took him a while to warm up to me.
When I first came into the care setting he just sat and starred at me. It took him a while to finally
come over to me. He was definitely slow to warm up to me, but after a while he was completely
fine with me.

Adaptability- I observed a boy who was used to the schedule that the caregivers did. Around 1:00
everyday the children would go outside to play for a little while. On the day I was there it began
to rain so the kids couldnt go outside. The caregivers found other activities for the children to
do, but the little boy was not happy about this. He stood by the door and began to cry for a while.
Eventually he came over when he saw the other children playing.

Persistence- When observing the 10-month boy he wasnt very persistent. The boy was always
on the move. He would play with a toy and then saw another toy and would move to that one and
continued this until he found something that he really enjoyed playing with.

Mood- While observing the child I noticed that he seemed to be happy for the most part.
Although, there are times when he couldnt figure out something he would throw a little tantrum,
but other than that the child was happy and loved to move around from toy to toy.

3b. In which of the 3 temperament categories would you place this child and why? I would
place this child in the activity level, mood level, and regularity level. The child was very active
and on always on the move. The child would be playing with a block when he would notice
another toy like a fire truck and would move right on to that toy. The child was on a regular
schedule. I talked to the caregiver and the parent when she picked up her child. They both said
that the boy was very good on that schedule and didnt have any problems at all. Although the
child would get mad when he couldnt do something, the child was always in a good mood. He is
a very happy boy.
3c. What advice might you give to the caregiver/parent of this child based on your assessment?
The advice I might give to the parent/caregiver is to work on the areas of the temperament traits
that the child may not do well in or may get mad at. For example, the child wasnt very
persistent. The caregiver/parent could help the child learn to stay with an activity for longer.
Although, he is only 10 months old they could help by sticking to one activity at a time. By only
having a couple of toys out so that the child isnt always on the move to grab all the toys.
Part B
Social (30 points)
1. Record an objective observation of a child displaying Eriksons trust vs. mistrust (identify
exact age of child and whether positive or negative). For this observation I observed a child who
was a 6-month girl. This little girl had finished drinking her bottle and had been sleeping for a
while. When the girl woke up from her nap, she began to cry and the caregiver went over and
picked her up and comforted her. This observation was positive because the caregiver helped
calm down the baby.

2. Record an objective observation of a child displaying Eriksons Autonomy vs. shame and
doubt (identify exact age of child and whether positive or negative). For this objective
observation I observed a 2 year old girl. The little girl had been working on becoming potty
trained. While at the home care setting the little girl stood up and yelled, I HAVE TO PEE!
Which then a caregiver went and took her to the bathroom and she was able to go potty on the
toilet. When the mother came to pick her child up the little girl said, Mommy I went potty like a
big girl. This is positive because the little girl was very happy that she was able to go potty like
a big girl.

3a. Record an objective observation of a guidance situation between caregiver and child (due to
individual action). Give exact age of child. During this observation I observed a caregiver who
was helping a 2 year old boy coloring a picture. The boy began to color on the table and the
caregiver guided him to color on the paper.
3b. How is this handled by the caregiver? Was the response appropriate or inappropriate?
Why? The caregiver responded appropriately because the child began to color on the table and
the caregiver helped the child learn that we dont color on the table. The child and the caregiver
then began to color on the picture.

4a. Record an objective observation of a guidance situation between two children (due to
interaction between children). Give exact age of children, both must be in appropriate age range
for assignment. For this observation I observed two little girls both the age of 2 years. The
little girls were playing with a toy kitchen set when one of the girls said we need to set the table
for our food. The little girl then showed the other girl how to set the table, which then they both
began to put food on the table.
4b. How is this handled by the caregiver? Was the response appropriate or inappropriate?
Why? The caregiver let the two little girls play with each other. While the girls were setting the
food on the table, the caregiver asked if she could have some of the food and the girls kept
bringing over different food for the caregiver. I think this was appropriate because the caregiver
allowed the two girls to interact with each other, which I think it is important for kids to interact
with each other instead of caregivers always interjecting. The caregiver then asked for some food
from the girls and they were happy to make her food.