Description
Book SynopsisHow can you support both colleagues and families as they enhance their knowledge, develop new skills, and promote health development of young children? Coaching is the key—and the new edition of this bestselling guide is packed with even more practical tools to help early childhood professionals conduct skillful coaching at homes, schools, and communities.
Like the popular first edition, this book walks you step‐by‐step through the five characteristics of successful coaching practices: observation, action, reflection, feedback, and joint planning. You'll learn about the essential qualities of effective coaches and discover how to adjust your coaching techniques to meet the specific needs of early childhood educators, parents, and caregivers. And you'll get cutting‐edge new content inspired by user feedback, including updated research, the latest evidence‐based practices, and almost 80 pages of sample scripts and scenarios that help you support families of children with a wider variety of diagnoses. With this practical guide to proven coaching techniques, you'll be ready to help both professionals and families support the learning and development of all young children.
What's New
- More scripts and scenarios that show what coaching looks and sounds like in the real world
- A Coaching Scenario Matrix to help you find relevant examples in seconds
- New chapter on coaching for early intervention service coordinators
- More guidance on coaching throughout the IFSP process
- New examples that address common coaching challenges
- Expanded guidance on the process of coaching coaches
- Answers to key questions from the authors' popular training sessions
- Practical forms now available as fillable PDFs for download
- Updated research on the effectiveness of coaching
Practical Materials: Downloadable tools include the Coaching Plan, Framework for Reflective Questioning, Coaching Practices Rating Scale, and Coaching Log.
Table of Contents
- About the Downloads
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction to Coaching
- Chapter 2 Research Foundations of Coaching
- Chapter 3 Characteristics of Effective Coaches
- Chapter 4 Coaching Compared with Other Approaches to Adult Interaction
- Chapter 5 How to Use a Coaching Style of Interaction
- Appendix 5A: Coaching Plan
- Appendix 5B: Framework for Reflective Questioning
- Chapter 6 The Role of Coaching in Service Coordination
- Chapter 7 Coaching Families
- Chapter 8 Coaching Teachers
- Chapter 9 Coaching Coaches: Strategies for Learning the Coaching Process
- Appendix 9A: Coaching Practices Rating Scale
- Appendix 9B: Coaching Log
- Chapter 10 Coaching as Part of Professional Development
- Chapter 11 The Future of Coaching in Early Childhood Intervention
- References
- Coaching Scenario Index
- Index
