Actions for Child, family, and community : family-centered early care and education
Child, family, and community : family-centered early care and education / Janet Gonzalez-Mena
- Author
- Gonzalez-Mena, Janet
- Published
- Boston : Pearson, [2017]
- Edition
- Seventh edition.
- Physical Description
- xix, 376 pages ; 26 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Looking at Context through Bioecological Theory -- Bronfenbrenner's Bioecological Model -- Family-Centered Approaches -- Family-Centered Defined -- The Benefits of Family-Centered Programs for Children -- The Benefits of Family-Centered Education Programs for Teachers -- The Benefits of Family-Centered Programs for Families -- Mutual Benefits -- History of Family-Centered Care and Education -- Challenges to Creating Partnerships with Families -- Multiple Lenses through Which to Look at Family-Centered Approaches -- The Family Systems Theory Lens -- The Whole Child Lens -- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs -- Culture as a Lens -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- How Attachment and Trust are Related -- The Development of Attachment and Trust -- How Secondary Attachments Occur -- Attachment Behaviors -- Signs of Attachment in Infants -- Obstacles to Attachment -- Temperament and Attachment -- Develop mental Differences -- Learning to Cope with Feelings of Loss -- Varying Attachment Patterns -- Bowlby and Ainsworth's Research -- Questions about Classic Attachment Research -- Judging Attachment in a Cross-Cultural Situation -- Effects of Child Care on Attachment -- How Caregiver and Parent Roles Differ -- Attachment in Full-Inclusion Programs 41 Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Signs of Developing Autonomy -- Negativity -- Exploration -- Self-Help Skills -- A Sense of Possession -- Dealing with Issues of Power and Control -- Set Up a Developmentally Appropriate Environment -- Appreciate Play -- Encourage Self-Help Skills -- Give Choices -- Provide Control -- Set Limits -- Coping with Loss and Separation -- Taking Separation in Small Steps -- Entering Child Care -- Partnering with Families of Toddlers -- Working with Families around Issues of Identity Development -- Broadening Perspectives -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- What Initiative Looks Like in a Four-Year-Old -- Analyzing Initiative in a Four-Year-Old -- Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) -- Developmental Conflicts -- Imagination and Fantasy -- The Value of Play for Young Children -- How the Environment Contributes to a Sense of Initiative -- Dimensions of Play Environments -- How Adults Contribute to Children's Initiative -- Special Considerations for Children with Disabilities -- The Shy Child -- A Look at Aggression -- Teaching Problem-solving Skills -- Empowering the Preschool-Age Child -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- School is Different from Preschool -- A Family-Centered Approach to Kindergarten -- The School-Age Child and Stages of Development -- Differences Families Notice between School and Preschool -- Finding Out What Families Want for Their Children -- Teaching Prosocial Skills and Morals -- Looking at the Decision-Making Process as a Way of Exploring Morals -- The Power of Adult Attention -- Paying Attention to the Behavior You Want to Continue -- Using Affirmations -- Children's Response to Positive Adult Attention -- Empty Praise versus Encouragement -- Teaching Morals by Promoting Prosocial Development -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Socialization and the Family -- The Issue of Bias -- Schools as Socializing Agents -- Getting into Kindergarten -- Classroom Behavior -- Responding to Diversity -- Inequity and Schools -- Other Agents of Socialization -- The Peer Group as an Agent of Socialization -- Functions of the Peer Group -- Media and Technology as an Influence on Socialization -- Commercial Advertising -- Violence -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Cultural Differences in Goals and Values -- How do the Goals of Independence and Interdependence Differ? -- Contrasting Cultural Patterns -- Conflicting Goals and Values -- What to Do when Conflicts Arise -- Helping Children Understand and Value Cultural Pluralism -- Supporting Home Language -- Language Loss in Immigrant Children -- Understanding the Advantages of Bilingualism -- Language Relationships -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Discipline, Authority, and Cultural Differences -- Changing the Word Discipline to Guidance -- Inner Controls versus External Locus of Control -- Teaching Self-regulation -- Problems with Using Punishment to Teach -- General Guidelines for Guiding Young Children -- Discussing Preventative Measures with Parents -- Guidance as Responding to Unacceptable Behavior -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Feelings -- What are Feelings? -- All Feelings are Useful -- Learning Feelings -- Social Referencing -- Cultural Scripts -- The Importance of Accepting Feelings -- Healthy Expressions of Feelings -- Teaching Children to Cope with Feelings -- Developing Self-Calming Skills -- Coping by Playing Pretend -- Coping with Simultaneous Feelings -- Coping with Fear -- Coping with Anger -- Problem Solving -- Using the RERUN Problem-Solving Process with a Child -- Problem Solving as a Cultural Issue -- Problem Solving and Parenting Styles -- A Deeper Look at the Four Parenting Styles -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Exploring Self-Esteem as a Road to Success -- Culture and Self-Esteem -- Dimensions of Self-Esteem -- The Role of Beliefs and Expectations in Self-Esteem -- Where Does Self-Esteem Come From? -- Promoting Self-Esteem -- Give More Honest Feedback and Encouragement Than Praise -- Give Children Opportunities to Experience Success -- Children Learn from Failure -- Celebrating Differences: An Anti-bias Approach -- Bias Can Hurt -- Cultural Differences and Self-Esteem -- Changing Negative Messages to Positive Ones -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Why it is Important to Think About Teaching Gender Roles -- Issues around Gender Roles -- Some History Related to Genderized Clothing -- Equity Issues and Gender Roles -- The Women of Today -- Gender Equity and Parenting -- Toys and Gender Roles -- The Power of Language -- Using Modeling to Teach -- Differential Socialization -- Differential Treatment from Parents -- Differential Treatment in Preschool -- Differential Treatment in Elementary School -- Guidelines for Parents and Educators -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Varied Images of Families -- Ways in Which Families Can Vary -- Families and Stress -- Giving Legitimacy to Cultural Differences and Lifestyles -- Successful Families -- Traits of Successful Families -- Images of Successful Families -- Six Families -- Stress as a Positive Force -- What We Can Learn from Studies of Resilient Children -- Helping All Children Become Resilient Children -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Defining Types of Ece Programs -- Exploring the Various Types of ECE Programs -- Changing Times -- Early Care and Education Programs as Child-Rearing Environments -- The State of Child Care in the United States Today -- Affordability and Availability -- Status and Salaries -- Looking at Quality -- Partnering with Families -- Adult-Child Interactions in Child Care and Early Education Settings -- Including Everybody: Children with Special Needs -- Having Concerns about a Child -- Questions Concerning Continuity between Child Care and Home -- Roadblocks to Mutual Appreciation, Respect, and Support -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Social Networks -- Developing a Broad Base of Support -- Forms Social Networks May Take -- Community Institutions That Serve Families -- Families Using Community Resources -- Sara's Family -- Roberto's Family -- Junior's Family -- Michael's Family -- Courtney's Family -- The Jackson Family -- Connections to the Community -- A Summary of Community Resources -- Finding Community Resources -- Availability of Community Resources -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading -- Who is Responsible for America's Children? -- Does Every Child Get an Equal Start? -- Ready to Learn: A Goal for All of America's Children -- Private Citizens Making Changes -- Benefitting Children and Families through Financial Investments -- Head Start -- Child Care -- Moving Toward Full-Inclusion Programs -- Advocacy -- Adequate Health Services and Nutrition for All -- Taking a Preventive Approach -- Violence and Its Effect on Children and Families -- Summary -- Quiz -- For Discussion -- Websites -- Further Reading.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780134042275 (alk. paper)
0134042271 (alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-368) and index.
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