SEAM assesses children’s social and emotional development, and can evaluate a caregiver’s readiness for providing ongoing support. But the tool’s success relies heavily on caregiver involvement and interest. Use these tips to help your program engage better with families, for better child outcomes.
As the significance of social-emotional development becomes recognized more and more in our legislation and by key early childhood organizations, help support the children as they develop these critical skills. Use these practical free resource from prominent early childhood organizations to get started.
Share these fun and easy ASQ:SE-2 activities with Spanish-speaking parents to help them support their child’s social-emotional development.
Children’s ability to regulate their emotions and skillfully manage social interactions is critical to their healthy development and future success. Use this infographic as a guide to help encourage and support your preschooler’s social-emotional development.
Share these fun and easy ASQ-3 activities with Spanish-speaking parents to help them support their child’s development.
Share these fun and easy ASQ:SE-2 activities with parents to help them support their child’s social-emotional development.
Use this tip sheet to help monitor child progress toward social-emotional goals. This handout contains ten benchmarks critical to social-emotional competence.
See a sample SEAM Preschool form. Each interval of the SEAM child assessment evaluates 10 child benchmarks critical to social-emotional competence, including empathy, adaptive skills, self-image, emotional responses, and healthy interactions with others.
See a sample SEAM Family Profile Preschool form. Each interval of the SEAM Family Profile assessment measures four benchmarks key to a nurturing home environment: responding to needs, providing activities and play, providing predictable routines and an appropriate environment, and ensuring home safety.
To confirm the utility and efficacy of SEAM, intensive research has been performed. Read more about the research behind SEAM in this technical appendix.