EQ Kids Model
(students ages 6-10)
In order to support the development of emotional intelligence in children aged 6 to 10, particularly those who struggle with adaptation, the EQ Kids model outlines procedures, resources, and guidelines for working with educators, parents, tutors, school pedagogues, psychologists, and counselors.
The EQ Kids model focuses on the early age of Emotional Development of ta pupil which is the age of 6-10 years old– a period of time when there are many of chances to help students build their emotional intelligence and be ready to enter the pre-adolescent and adolescent stages. The goal of the model is to present the comprehensive scheme how to work with pupils and how to support them in developing their emotional intelligence. The model is intended for use by educators, tutors, school pedagogues, counselors, psychologists, socio-therapists, and other professionals who work with children in the 6–10 age range who are struggling, as well as with their parents or other family members.
The content of the Model:
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Description of emotional intelligence and its components, the importance of EQ in daily life of a child, incl. its importance during a pandemic crisis, the significance of EQ for human development and functioning on the labour market.
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Role of teachers in development of emotional intelligence of pupils. A set of guidelines incl. organisation, process, rules of working with a pupil for teachers focused on development of EQ, including tools i.e. worksheets for individual classes (a workbook for a child)
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A set of guidelines/hints, rules of individual work with a pupil for psychologists, school pedagogues, sociotherapists as other experts – scheme of individual work – 2-month programme composed of min. 16 meetings of a professional with a child. Additionally there will be workbook for a child with task/work sheets, tasks dedicated to every meeting.
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A set of guidelines, rules for working with a group / class and 17 lesson scenarios developing EQ along with materials for students (introductory classes, 3 lessons for each component of EQ and summary classes). Scenarios will be used for educational lessons but also extracurricular activities.
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5. Parent support – tips for teachers on how to support parents in children’s EQ development. This section of the model will also include 5 scenarios of meetings with parents, the purpose of which is to develop parents’ competences in the development of their children’s EQ.