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PSED MR UC R2

Posted byRosalind Orchard24 March 202124 March 2021Posted inUncategorised
  • Draws others into social interaction through calling, crying and babbling, smiling, laughing and moving their bodies and limbs
  • Shares interest and attention by looking to where the adult is looking, pointing and using their gaze to direct the adult’s attention to something
  • Engages another person to help achieve a goal, e.g. to get an object out of reach
  • Cooperates with caregiving experiences, such as dressing
  • Builds relationships with special people
  • Displays attachment behaviours such as wanting to stay near to their close carers, checking where they are and protesting when separated
  • Is wary of unfamiliar people
  • Explores confidently when they feel secure in the presence of a familiar adult and is more likely to engage in new or challenging situations
  • Closely watches others’ body language to begin to understand their intentions and meaning
  • Is fascinated by other children, watching them and interacting with them through offering toys, food etc, and by reaching for objects that another has

Posted byRosalind Orchard24 March 202124 March 2021Posted inUncategorised

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