Wellbeing of Children Under Three

Now in an updated second edition, The Wellbeing of Children under Three unravels what wellbeing means for this age group by making clear links between research and effective early years practice. It looks at what wellbeing means for under threes in the light of key aspects of international social policy, and practically demonstrates how practitioners can support children in this area.

Focusing on the home-setting partnership with parents, work attitudes, adult-child interaction and quality learning environments, the book explores the role that adults play in holistically supporting children's individual personal, social and emotional needs. This new edition also includes new material on practitioner mental health and the Leuven scales as a measure of wellbeing. Each chapter features:

clear explanation of relevant theories

case studies and examples of good practice

focus points for readers

questions for reflective practice

Providing a wealth of practical ideas and activities, this handy text encourages the exploration of all aspects of babies' and toddlers' wellbeing to help practitioners ensure effective outcomes for the youngest children in their care, and is essential reading for all those working with the under threes.

List of contents

List of illustrations. Introduction. Chapter 1: Wellbeing matters. Chapter 2: Personal, social and emotional wellbeing. Chapter 3: Wellbeing, the early years practitioner and the early years setting. Chapter 4: Wellbeing within the early years setting: supporting babies and children under three. Chapter 5: Wellbeing: principles behind the practice. Chapter 6: Drawing the threads together. References. Index.

About the author

Dr. Helen Bradford is a passionate lifelong early years educator who has published widely over her career. She has worked in the early years for almost 30 years, where her specialist area of expertise is developing childhood language and literacy 0-8 years. She worked at the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge between 2003 to 2015, where she led literacy on the Early Years and Primary PGCE course, alongside Mrs. Penny Coltman, currently, the Early Years Education Mentor at CAMathories, and Dr. David Whitebread, a co-founder and the late Founding Chief Education Officer of CAMathories Company. Dr. Bradford gained her Master's degree entitled 'The Perceptions of Three- and Four-Year-Old Children as Writers' from the University of Cambridge in 2007, receiving a top 'A' grade for her research. Helen moved to UCL (University College London) Insititute of Education in 2015, where she lectured for four years across early childhood Master's courses, working with diverse cohorts of students from across the globe. Her Ph.D. research, entitled 'Co-Constructing Writing Pedagogy with Two-and-Three-Year-Old Children', won the 2019 United Kingdom Literacy Association prize for best thesis.Dr. Bradford is the Early Years Language and Literacy Mentor and an Education Team Member of CAMathories, alongside Dr. Lorna Ayton (Mathematics Advisor) and Mrs. Coltman (Early Years Education Mentor for Mathematics and Science.) Dr. Bradford advises on age-appropriate literacy and language contexts across the early year's learning resources for CAMathories.

Summary

Now in an updated second edition, The Wellbeing of Children under Three unravels what wellbeing means for this age group by making clear links between research and effective early years practice. It looks at what wellbeing means for under threes in the light of key aspects of international social policy, and practically demonstrates how practitioners can support children in this area.
Focusing on the home-setting partnership with parents, work attitudes, adult–child interaction and quality learning environments, the book explores the role that adults play in holistically supporting children’s individual personal, social and emotional needs. This new edition also includes new material on practitioner mental health and the Leuven scales as a measure of wellbeing. Each chapter features:

• clear explanation of relevant theories


• case studies and examples of good practice


• focus points for readers


• questions for reflective practice

Providing a wealth of practical ideas and activities, this handy text encourages the exploration of all aspects of babies’ and toddlers’ wellbeing to help practitioners ensure effective outcomes for the youngest children in their care, and is essential reading for all those working with the under threes.

Product details

• Authors: Helen Bradford, Helen (University of Cambridge Bradford
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367530136
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53013-6
• No. of pages: 126
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education