 Social
Competence/Emotional
Maturity/Language
and Cognitive Development
The
Emotional Maturity domain refers to a child’s ability
to approach different
situations in a confident and sensitive manner. The domain includes
such
concepts as prosocial behaviour, aggressive behaviour, anxiety,
hyperactivity,
inattention and impulsivity. Prosocial behaviour is defined
as being helpful and
tolerant and empathetic refers to a child’s ability to
help other children who are
having difficulties with either a task or a child who has been
hurt. The child
must demonstrate a willingness to help others and an ability
to comfort and
reconcile with peers. Aggressive, anxious, hyperactive, inattentive
and
impulsive behaviours refer to the child’s general character
and his/her way of
dealing with difficult or unexpected situations. A child who
fights, is
disobedient, cries a lot or is distracted may fall into this
category.
Table 18 is a description of children’s abilities within
a certain percentile range in
the Emotional Maturity domain. For example, children scoring
above the 75th
percentile are considered to be very ready for school in this
particular domain.
Analysis of the Emotional Maturity domain by neighbourhood found
that there
were 19 neighbourhoods that scored below the Ottawa 10th percentile
and were
thus considered “vulnerable” on the Emotional Maturity
domain. The five
neighbourhoods with the highest percentage of children in the
lowest 10th
percentile were, in ascending order: Dalhousie (16.4%), Riverview/Hawthorne
(17.3%), Lowertown (18.6%), Vanier (21.2%) and Overbrook (24.0%).
Please see
Table 19 for a complete list of “vulnerable” neighbourhoods.
There were also many neighbourhoods in Ottawa that did extremely
well on the
Emotional Maturity domain. A total of 18 neighbourhoods scored
above the
Ottawa 75th percentile and were thus considered “very
ready for school”. The five
neighbourhoods that had the highest percentage of children in
the top 25th
percentile were, in ascending order: Sandy Hill (37.9%), Glen
Cairn (40.0%),
Blackburn Hamlet (44.1%), Orleans South (45.8%) and Glebe (54.9%).
Please see
Table 19 for a complete list of “very ready for school”
neighbourhoods.
Social
Competence/Emotional
Maturity/Language
and Cognitive Development
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