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I'd like to welcome everybody to today's presentation,

early child development in a social context.

You know, last week we talked about developmental milestones

and trying to prevent stuck points.

And today we're really going to focus on kids. Last week,

we talked about, you know, how we could work with adults who didn't have an ideal childhood

to help unstuck their stuck points, so to speak. Today we're really focusing on child

development in a social context, but some of it's probably germane to adults as well.

So we're going to describe the importance of building relationships with children and families,

not just the child.

You know, we want to understand what's going on the other, you know, bazillion hours that

they're not in our office.

Describe the relationship between the children's social,

emotional development,

and challenging behavior.

The behavior means something.

They don't just do it for the heck of it.

Describe how challenging behavior serves a function for children

and describe the relationship between environmental variables,

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