Supporting Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing
Redleaf Press (Verlag)
978-1-60554-742-8 (ISBN)
The emotional lives of young children are growing increasingly more complex. There is growing interest in understanding early mental health and wellbeing and how early childcare providers can support children birth to age five who have experienced traumatic events and learn strategies to promote children’s social and emotional development. Supporting Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Strength-based Approach for Early Childhood Educators incorporates strength-based child care strategies to foster positive reciprocal relationships between caregiver and young children and strengthen children’s resiliency and wellbeing.
Strategies include building on children’s mental health and resiliency; identifying protective factors and indicators of risk; promoting healthy attachment; and, scaffolding social and emotional development within the context of family relationships and culture.
Supporting Children’s Mental Health and Well-being covers:
Introduction to national statistics on the growing concerns regarding early mental health and trauma
The impact trauma has on the developing brain
The impact of children’s behavior on the workplace and teacher burnout
Stages of typical social-emotional development
Strategies to collaborate with families, public school systems, and community services
Outlining practices to build resiliency in children and teachers
Creating psychologically safe spaces for children and adults
Building a toolkit of resources and strategies
Jean Barbre, EdD, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP1-II). As a licensed marriage and family therapist, she blends her knowledge of counseling and psychology into her understanding of children and families. She holds a master's degree in child and family studies from California State University Long Beach, a master's degree in counseling from California State University Fullerton, and a doctorate degree in educational leadership from Pepperdine University. She has thirty years of experience working with children and families as a preschool director, classroom teacher, therapist, college instructor, national and international presenter, and a guest presenter on public television. Dr. Barbre has published three books through Redleaf Press: Foundations of Responsive Caregiving: Infants, Toddlers, and Twos; Activities for Responsive Caregiving: Infants, Toddlers, and Twos; and the award-winning Baby Steps to STEM. Ingrid Anderson, EdD holds a master’s degree in Conflict Resolution and Peaceable Schools from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts and a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from Portland State University. She has over 30 years working with children and families in city, county and state government, children’s museums, and now as a faculty at Portland State University. She coordinates the infant and toddler mental health program and the Masters of Early Childhood: Inclusive Education. Her research focuses on early childhood well-being for children and early childhood professionals. Dr. Anderson works nationally and internationally on the development of strength-based approaches to young children, families and early childhood educators across the curriculum.
SECTION 1: THE CIRCLE OF CAREGIVER AND CHILD WELLBEING
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Six Pillars of Strength-Based Caregiving
Chapter 3: Mental Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 4: Caregiver Wellbeing
SECTION 2: THE SIX PILLARS
Chapter 5: Pillar One: Social and Emotional Development
Chapter 6: Pillar Two: Attachment and Caregiver Relationships
Chapter 7: Pillar Three: The Continuum of Mental Health
Chapter 8: Pillar Five: Risk and Resiliency
Chapter 9: Pillar Five: Family Relationships and Culture
Chapter 10: Pillar Six: Caregivers Spheres of Influence
SECTION 3: STRENGTH-BASED CLASSROOM STRATEGIES
Chapter 11: Caregiver Strategies
Chapter 12: Classroom Strategies
SECTION 4: RESOURCES AND CONCLUSION
Chapter 13: Resources
Chapter 14: Conclusion
GLOSSARY
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.03.2022 |
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| Verlagsort | St Paul, MN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-60554-742-5 / 1605547425 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-60554-742-8 / 9781605547428 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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