Contemporary Psychoanalytic Approaches to Early Childhood Education

This book offers portraits of psychoanalysis applied to contemporary theory and practice in the education of young children (ages 0-8) as well as in the training of educators and mental health professionals who work with young children. It provides a deeper understanding of children's emotional needs and how to meet these needs.

List of contents

Introduction
Alex Collopy
Part I: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Understanding Children and Childhood
Chapter 1: Psychoanalytic Temporality: From Chronology to Duration in the Making of Childhood History
Lisa Farley
Chapter 2: Contemporary Gender(s): Reconsidering Freudian, Postfoundational, and Psychoanalytic Perspectives for Educators and Practitioners
Janice Kroeger, Christopher Konieczko, Dana Oleskiewicz, Alexandra C. Gunn, and Andrea Sanchez
Chapter 3: "Reading is Cheating!" Children with Learning Disabilities and Their Need to Communicate
Ionas Sapountzis
Chapter 4: Projective Identification at Work in the Psychological Assessment of Children
Greta Carlson
Part II: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Early Childhood Education Settings
Chapter 5: Is There a Place for Psychoanalytic Theory in the Classroom?
Michael Trout
Chapter 6: Winnicott Comes to School: Using Transitional Objects in Classroom Life
Lesley Koplow
Chapter 7: The Narcissism of Curriculum: The Importance of Listening to Children
Eileen Johnson
Chapter 8: Psychotherapeutic Practices are for Everyone
Alex Collopy
Chapter 9: The Essential Role of Play in Early Childhood Education
Joanna Fortune
Part III: Psychoanalytic Approaches to Early Childhood Teacher Education
Chapter 10: A Case for Early Childhood Teacher Education Informed by Psychic Genera
Clio Stearns
Chapter 11: Work Group Discussions in Teacher Education: Evoking Associative Objects
H. James Garrett
Chapter 12: Our First Foray into Work Discussion Groups with a University Laboratory School
Alex Collopy, Lydia Bingham, Kailey Price, and Carley Rader
Appendix: Trauma- Informed Healing- Centered Practice: Teddy Bears in Traumatic Times (Fall 2021)
About the Contributors

About the author

Alex Collopy is associate instructor of infant and early childhood mental health, and holds a fellowship in Interprofessional Infant Mental Health at the University of Utah.

Product details

• Authors: Alex Collopy
• Assisted by: Alex Collopy (Editor), Alex Collopy (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2025
• EAN: 9781666964646
• ISBN: 978-1-66696-464-6
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Critical Childhood & Youth Studies: Theoretical Explorations and Practices in Clinical, Educational, Social, and Cultural Settings; Critical Childhood & Youth Studies: Theoretical Explorations
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Kindergarten and pre-school education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Age groups: children, Early childhood care & education, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis