CNT5

Discussion Resources:
To prepare for the Discussion this week, you will need to read at least three sources of information on young children and aggression. All of the resources below are highly recommended. However, you may choose to read others that you find yourself.

General

• Article: "Managing Aggressive Behavior in Young Children" by Carolyn R. Tomlin
  http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=594
  
  
• Article: "Behavior Problems by the University of Michigan Health System" by the University of Michigan Health System
  http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/behave.htm

Family Influences

• Article: "Preventing Violence by Teaching Non-Violent Problem-Solving" by the American Psychological Association
  http://www.apa.org/research/action/nonviolent.aspx
  
  
• Article: "ACT: Adults & Children Together Against Violence"
• • "Concern for Others Studied in Young Children with Behavior Problems: Good Parenting May Have an Effect"
    http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/specialtopics/concern.html
    
    
  • "Family Stress, Parenting Beliefs and Cognitive and Emotional Reactions Can Lead to Harsh Discipline"
    http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/specialtopics/discipline.html
    
    
  • "Constant Yelling Can Be Just As Harmful to Children as Physical Abuse"
    http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/specialtopics/yelling.html
    
    
• Article: "Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression in Children" by e! Science News
  http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/01/06/smoking.during.pregnancy.fosters.aggression.children
  
  
• Article: "Study: Verbal Aggression May Affect Children's Behavior" by e! Science News
  http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/08/04/study.verbal.aggression.may.affect.childrens.behavior

Media Influences

• Article: "Exposure to Media Violence and Young Children with and Without Disabilities: Powerful Opportunities for Family-Professional Partnerships" by Elizabeth J. Erwin and Naomi Morton
  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10643-008-0276-x
  
  
• Position Statement: "Media Violence in Children's Lives" by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.healthymediachoices.org/Healthy_Media_Choices/Resources_for_Media-Savvy_Pre-School_Teachers_and_Childcare_Providers_files/NAEYC Violence in the Lives of Children.pdf
  
  
• Article: "Children, Adolescents, and Television" by the Committee on Public Education
  http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/107/2/423.full.pdf+html
  
  
• Article: "Violence in the Media - Psychologists Help Protect Children from Harmful Effects" by the American Psychological Association
  http://www.apa.org/research/action/protect.aspx
  
  
• Article: ACT: Adults & Children Together Against Violence
• • "Media Violence & Children at Home"
    http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/mediaviolence/athome.html
    
    
  • "Media Violence & Children at the Childcare Center & School"
    http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/mediaviolence/atschool.html
    
    
• Testimony: "Violent Video Games Increase Aggression and Violence"
  http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2000-2004/00Senate.html
  
  Testimony of Craig A. Anderson, PhD to the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on "The Impact of Interactive Violence on Children"
  
  
• Web Site: Children Now
  http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/learn/medias_impact/index.html

Peer Influences

• Article: "Contagion of Aggression in Day Care Classrooms as a Function of Peer and Teacher Responses" by ACT: Adults & Children Together Against Violence
  http://actagainstviolence.apa.org/specialtopics/contagionaggress.html
  
  
• Article: "Starting Out Early: What Parents Need to Know About Peer Relationships" by Michel Boivin, PhD and Catherine Bissonnette, MA
  http://www.education.com/reference/article/peer-relationships-young-children/
  
  
• Article: "Teasing and Bullying: No Laughing Matter" by Diana Townsend-Butterworth
  http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/social-emotional-skills/bullying-and-teasing-no-laughing-matter
  
  
• Article: "Bullying in Kindergarten" by Francoise Alsaker
  http://www.education.com/reference/article/kindergarten-bullying

Societal Influences

• Position Statement: "Violence in the Lives of Children" by the National Association for the Education of Young Children
  http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSVIOL98.PDF
  
  
• Web Site: Center for the Study of Violence
  http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/CSV/index.htm
  
  
• Web Site: The Lion & Lamb Project
  http://www.lionlamb.org/

Optional Resources

• Article: "Preventing Challenging Behavior In Young Children: Effective Practices" by Peter J. Alter and Maureen A. Conroy
  Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children
  http://www.challengingbehavior.org/do/resources/handouts.htm
  
  
• Article: "Challenging Behavior in Young Children" by Barbara Kaiser and Judy Sklar Rasminsky
  http://www.challengingbehavior.com/excerpts.html
  

Content Review

1. This week you read about challenging and aggressive behaviors. In your own words, compare and contrast challenging behaviors and aggressive behaviors using examples to illustrate your thinking. In your response, consider the types of behaviors, causes, and the influence of adult perspective on labeling the behavior.

2. Explain how and where young children receive aggressive scripts for behavior and describe the characteristics of effective strategies that change or neutralize these scripts.

3. Imagine that you are a preschool teacher responding to a parent who wants to understand the difference between anger and aggression. Explain the differences, including why aggressive behavior can be serious cause for concern.