Supporting Young Children to Cope, Build Resilience, Heal From - A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Educators

Now more than ever, there is a need for early childhood professionals to comprehensively integrate trauma-sensitive practices into their work with children and families. This essential resource offers instructional strategies teachers can use daily to support their students dealing with trauma in early learning environments.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Learning to Observe and Value the Stories Children Tell Us through Play 2. Building Consistent, Attuned, and Responsive Relationships with Young Children through Play 3. Arranging the Environment to Reduce Children’s Stress and Support Healing through Play 4. Play-Based Instructional Strategies that Support Children to Cope, Build Resilience, and Heal from Toxic Stress and Trauma 5. Case Studies of the Power of Play to Support Children’s Stress Reduction, Resilience, and Healing

About the author

Julie Nicholson, PhD, is a Professor of Practice, Associate Editor of Early Child Development and Care, author, international speaker/trainer, and MBA candidate (2023) concentrating on finance and data analytics.
Julie Kurtz, MS, is an author and national speaker consulting and training on trauma and resilience. Julie is the founder and CEO of the Center for Optimal Brain Integration®.

Summary

Now more than ever, there is a need for early childhood professionals to comprehensively integrate trauma-sensitive practices into their work with children and families. This essential resource offers instructional strategies teachers can use daily to support their students dealing with trauma in early learning environments.

Product details

• Authors: Lafeshia Edwards, Jonathan Iris-Wilbanks, Maja Jevgjovikj, Julie Kurtz, Julie Nicholson, Julie (Mills College Nicholson, Nicholson Julie, Valentina Torres, Sam Watson-Alvarado, Samantha Watson-Alvarado
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032334325
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233432-5
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Education: care & counselling of students, Counselling and care of students