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Practices that Promote Social and Emotional Competence in Infants and Toddlers Indicators from the CSEFEL Inventory of Practices Tool III

• Encourage interaction between infants or toddlers (position infants near each other, organize activities that encourage toddlers to work together, comment on children’s interest in other children)
• Remain nearby during social interactions to provide security, comfort, encouragement, guidance, or facilitation
• Suggest play ideas where more than one child can play (“Can you two move that heavy box over here?”)
• Use natural opportunities to promote awareness of others (When a child is sad, encourage children to notice. Talk about how to help the child feel better)
• Play games and use turn-taking or give-and-take games (roll a ball back and forth, etc.)
• Firmly share concerns about hurting, but do not ridicule or punish
• Use photographs, pictures, or posters that show people in various emotional states
• Ask children about their feelings and talk about how feelings can change
• Use real-life situations to practice problem-solving
• Label children’s emotions and your own
• Choose books, songs, and finger plays with a rich vocabulary of feeling words
• Work with families to share and explore techniques to try both at home and in the program
• Respond to behavior in a way that is matched to the cause, purpose, or meaning of the behavior rather than a one-size-fits-all approach