"Workbook - Module 7 Assignment Developing and Understanding Emotional Intelligence Foundation Degree in Therapeutic Childcare. Expected Learning Outcomes By the end of the module, students will be able to: 1. Critically review competing theories of emotions 2. Examine the role of emotions in working with children 3. Examine the impact of trauma on emotions 4. Evaluate approaches to developing emotional intelligence 5. Demonstrate an understanding of approaches to managing emotions and the externalised behaviours associated with them Question 1 (500 Words) What are emotions? Why are emotions important? Question 2 (750 words) What impact can complex trauma have on a childs early development? Question 3 (750 words) Is Emotional Intelligence a useful concept in work with traumatised children? Question 4 (1000 words) How can children who have been traumatised be supported to learn to manage their emotions? Use evidence from theory and research to justify your answer. Question 5 (1000 word commentary) Think of a child (children) with whom you work. How do the themes of the 7 lectures influence your day to day care of this child?"

Question 1 – Emotions are spontaneous physiological and psychological responses to the world around us. Although there are agreed upon labels for the range of different emotions people feel, such as sorrow and joy, they are subjective and can be elicited by a variety of different experiences and the behaviours associated with them can be different from one person to another.

Emotions are important to us as they serve a purpose in many socialisation processes as well as helping to guide behaviour. Emotions are a way of communicating our internal thoughts and feelings to the people around us, there are different physical signs of the emotions we are feeling for example facial expressions, body movements and tone of voice. Darwin (cited in Bernstein et al 1997) suggested that some facial expressions of emotion are innate it was found that blind infants smile when happy and f…(short extract)