Blackfeet Early Childhood Center <> Head Start Child Outcomes Framework <> Social Development

PO Box 528
615 South Piegan
Browning, Montana 59417
406-338-7370
Email: becc@inaksim.com

Head Start Child Outcomes Framework Social & Emotional Development

DOMAIN	DOMAIN ELEMENT	INDICATORS
	Self-Concept	► Begins to develop and express awareness of self in terms of specific abilities, characteristics, and preferences. ► Develops growing capacity for independence in a range of activities, routines, and tasks. ► Demonstrates growing confidence in a range of abilities and expresses pride in accomplishments.
	Self-Control	► Shows progress in expressing feelings, needs, and opinions in difficult situations and conflicts without harming themselves, others, or property. ► Develops growing understanding of how their actions affect others and begins to accept the consequences of their actions. ► Demonstrates increasing capacity to follow rules and routines and use materials purposefully, safely, and respectfully.
	Cooperation	► Increases abilities to sustain interactions with peers by helping, sharing, and discussion. ► Shows increasing abilities to use compromise and dicussion in working, playing, and resolving conflicts with peers. ► Develops increasing abilities to give and take in interactions; to take turns in games or using materils; and to interact without begin overly submissive or directive.
	Social Relationships	► Demonstrates increasing comfort in talking with and accepting guidance and directions from a range of familiar adults. ► Shows progress in developing friendships with peers. ► Progresses in responding sympathetically to peers who are in need, upset, hurt, or angry; and in expressing empathy or caring for others.
	Knowledge of Families & Communities	► Develops ability to identify personal characteristics including gender and family composition. ► Progresses in understanding similarities and respecting differences among people, such as genders, race, special needs, culture, language, and family structures. ► Develops growing awareness of jobs and what is required to perform them. ► Begins to express and understand concepts and language of geography in the contexts of their classroom, home, and community.

× Indicates the 4 specific Domain Elements and 9 Indicators that are legislatively mandated.

Eight Domains of the Head Start Child Outcomes Framework

Approaches to Learning ¦ Creative Arts ¦ Language Development ¦ Literacy ¦ Mathematics
Physical Health & Development ¦ Science ¦ Social & Emotional Development