Nuevas perspectivas en torno a la teoría de la mente: Aplicación práctica en el ámbito familiar y escolar

Abstract

This paper presents a proposal for assessing 5-year-old children's Theory of Mind (ToM) at school, as well as an educative proposal to enhance it in the family context. Given the important cognitive and socio-emotional implications of this ability, the paper describes a group of orientations -based on the empirical data from research on this field- which parents can follow up, with a professional's supervision, to enhance their children's ToM development. The proposal affects issues such as enhancing the bonding, the quality of fraternal relations, the use of democratic discipline, expression and regulation of emotions, stimulation of language development, promoting awareness of mental states, intentions and desires of others and the practice of distancing strategies.