SAGA-Supporting Social-Emotional Development in Early Childhood Education: The Development of a Mentalizing-Based Intervention

The aim of the SAGA project is to support children’s social-emotional development and teacher mentalizing by promoting regular shared story-book reading with mentalizing dialogs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers. The theoretical phase, the modeling phase (Phase I), and the explora...

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Main Authors: Mirjam Kalland, Tanja Linnavalli, Malin von Koskull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-06-01
Series:Education Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/6/409
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Summary:The aim of the SAGA project is to support children’s social-emotional development and teacher mentalizing by promoting regular shared story-book reading with mentalizing dialogs in early childhood education and care (ECEC) centers. The theoretical phase, the modeling phase (Phase I), and the exploratory phase (Phase II) of the SAGA intervention, as well as the research protocol for the final trial (Phase III), are described in the present article.
ISSN:2227-7102