Helping Them Heal
How Teachers Can Support Young Children Who Experience Stress and Trauma
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Preschool & Kindergarten
| Author: | Karen Peterson, PhD | ISBN: | 9780876594766 |
| Publisher: | Gryphon House Inc. | Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Gryphon House Inc. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Karen Peterson, PhD |
| ISBN: | 9780876594766 |
| Publisher: | Gryphon House Inc. |
| Publication: | January 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Gryphon House Inc. |
| Language: | English |
A young child’s brain is uniquely sensitive to the effects of stress and trauma, which can have detrimental, long-term developmental impact. Helping Them Heal explains how trauma affects the developing brain, how those changes can manifest in the classroom, and what teachers and caregivers can do to help a stressed, abused, or neglected child. *Helping Them Heal *provides early childhood educators with answers, ideas, and specific classroom strategies to move trauma-affected children in positive directions. Early childhood educators will learn ways to help children build resilience, self-regulation, and self-competence using this sensitive, supportive, and practical guide.
A young child’s brain is uniquely sensitive to the effects of stress and trauma, which can have detrimental, long-term developmental impact. Helping Them Heal explains how trauma affects the developing brain, how those changes can manifest in the classroom, and what teachers and caregivers can do to help a stressed, abused, or neglected child. *Helping Them Heal *provides early childhood educators with answers, ideas, and specific classroom strategies to move trauma-affected children in positive directions. Early childhood educators will learn ways to help children build resilience, self-regulation, and self-competence using this sensitive, supportive, and practical guide.
