Supporting Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing: A Strength-based Approach for Early Childhood Educators

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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 traumaThe impact trauma has on the developing brainThe impact of children’s behavior on the workplace and teacher burnoutStages of typical social-emotional developmentStrategies to collaborate with families, public school systems, and community servicesOutlining practices to build resiliency in children and teachersCreating psychologically safe spaces for children and adultsBuilding a toolkit of resources and strategies

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Redleaf Press (March 15, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1605547425
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605547428
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.9 x 0.9 x 9.9 inches