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Consultation and
Training for Child Care
Providers in Will County
The purpose of SELF is to
assist with the prevention and
correction of children’s
behavioral problems and
provide targeted training in
related areas.
What can SELF offer Child Care Providers?
SELF offers child care providers
the support they need to maintain
and develop their programs with a
positive emphasis on healthy social-
emotional development.
Healthy social and emotional
skills are essential for progress in
all other areas of development
and in preparing children for
school.
When the social-emotional process
becomes disrupted, SELF provides professionals in Early
Childhood Education and Mental
Health to assist with addressing
the problem and issues
of individual children.
SELF serves child care providers
in Will County with
children from 0 – 5. Training
for providers on how to manage
challenging behaviors
are scheduled continuously
at various locations throughout
Will County.
Addressing Behavioral Problems
that Affect Children’s
Social-
Emotional Well-Being
Researchers and practitioners in the
fields of Early Childhood Education,
School Age Education, Special Education,
and Mental Health have concluded
that increasing numbers of
young children have more complex behavioral
problems that are making it
difficult for them to achieve success in
school and life.
Such problems include serious disorders
such as Autism and ADHD, but
also non-specific problems with a variety
of troubling symptoms: hitting,
kicking, biting, grabbing, bullying, defying
authority, controlling peers,
sexually acting out, withdrawal, clinging,
inattention, separation, attachment
difficulties, and more.
SELF’s Approach to
the Problem
The SELF program is designed to help improve
all children’s
opportunities for success:
- Consult with child care home and
center providers on how to encourage
social and emotional well-being
for children aged birth to 5 years. A
recent study on pre-kindergarten
programs indicated the use of consultation
programs assisting teachers
manage children’s behavioral
problems are the only methods
found to reduce the high rate of deenrollment.
- Consult with child care providers on
the challenging behaviors of specific
children and develop an action
plan for the program to reduce the
problem behavior(s).
- Help child care providers include
parents in the action plan
to reduce problem behavior(s).
- Refer the child and/or family
for additional services if
needed.
- Provide formal training sessions
to child care providers on the
development and maintenance
of children’s social-emotional
well being and on the management
of challenging behaviors
that interfere with a child’s development.
- Identify resources for providers
on social—emotional development
such as professional
books, articles, children’s
books, web sites, and other
practical information.
- Enhance the community’s
awareness of the importance of
healthy social-emotional development.
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