Description
Book SynopsisIn this follow-up to
Guidance for Every Child, author Dan Gartrell, EdD, expands on the advice broached in that book—that children need guidance rather than discipline. Guidance is teaching for healthy emotional and social development. On a day to day basis as conflicts occur, guidance is teaching children to learn from their mistakes, rather than punishing them for the mistakes they make; helping children learn to solve their problems, rather than punishing children for having problems theycannot solve.
In
A Guidance Guide for Early Childhood Leaders, Dan explores secure relationships as the foundation for guidance and how to build them with children, families, and colleagues. He gives examples of how children’s mistaken behavior (not misbehavior) can play out in the classroom and provides strategies on how early childhood professionals can help others to gain the emotional health they need to be socially responsive, and then support the social skills they need to build relationships and solve problems cooperatively.
Trade Review“Every day teachers make important decisions that impact the social-emotional development of our youngest generation, Dan has created a wonderful resource that is packed with useful strategies and inspiring stories that will help teachers strengthen their relationships with children and families while supporting the development of social skills that children will use throughout their lives.” —Lisa Sutherland, senior director, early learning, Cognia™
