Rachel Darling

5 Core Social Emotional Competencies

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  • January 21, 2022 at 11:53 AM
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self awareness a child's ability to understand themselves and identify emotions they are feeling. When they can name and identify their emotions, they can better understand how to manage their consequences.  This is done by learning the usual indicators of strong emotions and how they can manage them when they feel them. 

self management - when they recognize their emotions, they can cope with things that don't go their way.  It provides self regulation.

social awareness - a child's ability to show understanding and empathy to others.  By building those skills, they can learn how to work and relate better with those around them.  It's also important to talk about why somebody else might be feeling the way they feel.  

relationship skills - getting along with others, working in teams and dealing effectively with conflict. This requires communication building relationships negotiation and refusal

responsible decision making - taking time to go through all your available choices and making the best choice.  Responsible decision making is a culmination of a lot of different skills such as analyzing situations, assuming personal response. respecting others, problem solving. 

These are important skills to becoming a grown up who is a functioning member of society and can get along with others.