![]() To help identify what responsiveness with infants and toddlers looks like, Dunst and Kassow (2008) identified ten characteristics of responsiveness-when adults change the way they interact with a young child to match the child’s needs and development. Responsive caregivers use every opportunity to ‘get in tune’ with the infant or toddler. In order to be a responsive caregiver, you need to think about your own social-emotional health as it often affects your relationship with others. Throughout this course, you have learned the great impact of being a responsive caregiver on infants’ and toddlers’ social-emotional development and that caring, responsive, and attentive adults can foster children’s social-emotional competence and growth. How do you foster your social-emotional health at work? What elements of your work environment sustain your social-emotional health? Is it relationships with coworkers, administrators, children, and families? Is it freedom to work independently, to plan experiences, and to use materials? Is it guidance and constructive feedback from others, or sharing concerns and ideas and brainstorming solutions when situations arise? ![]() ![]() Are there rituals or activities you engage in that make you feel more connected to yourself or to others? Are there individuals who nurture you and who inspire you to be and feel your best? Think about the ways you nurture and sustain social-emotional health in your personal life. ![]()
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