Pathways to Competence: Encouraging Healthy Social : Encouraging Healthy Social

ISBN-13: 9781557665775 / Angielski / Spiral bound / 2002 / 582 str.

Sarah Landy; Joy D. Osofsky; Sandy Landy

Opis

Gain a deeper understanding of these 9 key social and emotional areas:
-- a sense of "body self, " including body control and a positive body image
-- attachment to caregivers
-- play and imagination
-- language and communication
-- self-esteem
-- morality and conscience
-- emotion regulation
-- concentration, planning, and problem solving
-- social competence, empathy, and prosocial behavior

You'll return to this book again and again for its comprehensive coverage of the socia and emotional aspects of child development. In Pathways to Competence, nine aspects of social and emotional development in children from birth to 6 years are examined in fascinating detail, each in a separate chapter with a masterful bibliography of the literature on the subject. Moving along the "pathways to competence, " each chapter examines theoretical underpinnings, summarizes research findings, provides an age-specific description of how children develop, and offers explicit guidelines to help professionals enjoy positive interactions with parents. Students and professionals will also find practical content they can use in their daily work, such as group activities, photos and tables that illuminate key points, and lists of further readings and children's books.

Whether used in the field or in undergraduate and graduate programs, this is a thorough and versatile text. Not only does it serve as an ideal textbook for students, it also supports effective partnering with families to promote children's healthy social and emotional lives. Preservice and in-service professionals will keep this textbook for the rest of their careers.