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Developing Competence in Small children

Three basic areas of the development are:   To form & sustain relationships   To regulate emotions & behaviour   To co-operate in a pro-social manner with others  Development of social interaction skills:  A child's attachment to a caregiver and caregiver's loving interest and involvement with the child influence the child's sense of self & interactions with others. Adults also provide models & verbal guidelines that influence children's social interest and understanding. Poorly regulated & aggressive children are more likely to have parents, who use power assertive or inconsistent discipline strategies. Parents should provide opportunities to children in participating in positive social interactions.  Development of emotional & behavioural control:  Children who have the warm and secure relationship with their teachers exhibit fewer behavioural problems  A balance of warmth...

Knowing the "inner you"

Knowing the "inner you" Neat, legible writing is a prised skill? Writing analysis is now getting increasingly popular way to not only to screen job applicants but to analyse the psyche of people. "When used correctly, graphology can give a good indication of a person's personality structure, their abilities, ability to grow and develop, and perhaps most importantly, their integrity," say graphologists. Recruitment-graphology has come out as an application-oriented field as the requirement in recruitment strongly looks for the personal disposition of the candidate in the job area. The employers are reluctant to admit the use of the technique totally due to its inherent difficulty to link the writing and the person's mind on a formal footing. Some totally abhor the philosophy behind it. Some could use this as an extra dimension. Some argue saying psychometric tests could be manipulated by the people, but handwriting results would bring it to ope...