English: This article addresses important aspects of social work service-rendering to primaryschool
children in respect of emotional intelligence. The primary-school child is
constantly confronted with developmental tasks, such as adapting to school and
social activities. There is also an increasing global emphasis on the role of emotional
intelligence skills in a child’s adjustment. The focus of this article is on abilities and
skills related to two components of personal emotional competence, namely selfawareness
and emotional self-regulation, and one component of interpersonal
emotional competence, namely empathy. It aims to provide guidelines for social
workers in this regard.