Pathways to Competence
, by Landy, SarahNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781557668912 | 1557668914
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/28/2009
This essential text is a comprehensive, one-stop guide to addressing every facet of social-emotional development, working skillfully with children and families, and improving parents¿ interactions with their children. Get the most up-to-date research findings on each social and emotional area; learn what social-emotional milestones a child should reach at each age level; address parents¿ most common questions about hot topics such as challenging behavior, language development, discipline, play, and feeding and sleeping problems; get a wide range of simple, concrete strategies and principles to use with children in their care and share with caregivers to promote their children¿s development in each key area; guide caregivers with updated exercises and activities that sharpen their parenting skills; select and use appropriate assessment tools; understand all the major theories related to social and emotional development; and test their own knowledge with updated discussion questions in each chapter. This is the one book every early childhood professional needs to help ensure a lifetime of social-emotional health for all the children they work with.