Nurturing Children s Resilience Following Adverse Childhood Experience - An Adult Guide

Alongside the accompanying storybook, Maya's ACE Adventures!, this guide provides adults with much-needed resources to talk to children about their traumatic experiences in ways that are non-threatening, safe, and can build a child's confidence in speaking about their fears with a trusted adult.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Who this Guide is designed for 3. Structure of the Guide 4. Meet the Characters 5. Overview of the story, Maya's ACE Adventures! 6. Stress - Is It All Bad? 7. ACEs - An Overview 8. ACEs - Proceed with Caution! 9. Children Can Overcome Their ACEs - How Protective Factors Can Help 10. The Brilliant Brain 11. The "Upstairs" and "Downstairs" Brain 12. Self-regulation - What is it and Why is it Important? 13. The Invaluable Role of Co-regulation in Helping Children to Self-Regulate 14. Discussion Prompts and Questions to Encourage the Child to Express their Thoughts and Feelings and to Help Build Understanding of Safety - Some Useful Tips 15. What to do if a Child Makes an in-the-moment Disclosure 16. Summary and Final Thoughts 17. Useful Resources

About the author

Dr Mine Conkbayir is an award-winning author, trainer and researcher passionate about bridging the knowledge gap between neuroscience and the EY sector. A key contributor to the Birth to Five Matters non-statutory guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage and designer of the first-ever neuroscience-informed qualifications for the EY sector, her latest award-winning book, Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice, is now in its second edition.

Summary

Alongside the accompanying storybook, Maya’s ACE Adventures!, this guide provides adults with much-needed resources to talk to children about their traumatic experiences in ways that are non-threatening, safe, and can build a child’s confidence in speaking about their fears with a trusted adult.

Product details

• Authors: Mine Conkbayir, Conkbayir Mine
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032368184
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3236818-4
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: I'm ACE!; Maya's ACE Adventures!
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; SELF-HELP / General, HEALTH & FITNESS / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Psychotherapy, Health & personal development, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Primary & middle schools, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Primary and middle schools, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary