Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education (6th Edition) - Softcover

Gonzalez-Mena, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132657147 ISBN 13: 9780132657143

Publisher: Pearson, 2012

Synopsis

The sixth edition of Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education continues to provide you with essential information in a friendly and assessable manner. It discusses the socialization and education of young children in home, child care, and educational contexts from birth to 8 years old. 

 

The sixth edition is written to and provides concrete strategies for a broader audience to better meet the needs of aspiring professionals of all types including educators, social workers, and parents. The theme of the revision is advocacy and new Advocacy in Action features present personal stories of well known professionals who have made a difference in the lives of others.  This new edition will truly inspire you to become an advocate to improve the lives of children and families, education, and society.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The tenth edition of Characteristics of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Children and Youth follows the text's long-standing reputation for trusted research, a teacher-focused  presentation, and clear explanations of the concepts related to students with  Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (EBD).

 

Organized around major concepts, the text helps readers understand the background of EBD, the origins of disordered behaviors, types of disorders and the procedures associated with assessment. Case studies, Personal Reflections, and Questions for Reflection reach out to the reader and illustrate the characteristics of learners with emotional and behavioral disorders.

New to This Edition

 

·        A streamlined four-part format reorganizes material to focus on a Point of Departure (Part I); Possible Causes (Part II); Types of Disordered Behavior (Part III) and Assessment (Part IV).

 

·        A unified chapter on assessment (Chapter 15) offers a simpler and more useful approach to the topic.

 

·        A new emphasis on teaching social skills (Part III) presents specific targets of assessment and intervention for specific disorders.

 

·        Over 150 new or updated references highlight the most current research findings and establish support for the recommendations found throughout the text.

 

·        New tables and figures capture current issues and trends and include some expository material which elaborates on the visuals.

 

·        A revised, separately available companion casebook includes new cases and expanded interviews from teachers working with students who have been diagnosed with the disorders discussed in Part III. “Cases in Emotional and Behavioral Disorders of Children and Youth, 3e” ISBN: 0132684667.

About the Author:

Janet Gonzalez-Mena taught in the California university and community college systems for 35 years.  She was on the full-time faculty at Napa Valley College in the Child and Family Studies Department for 15 years. Janet started her early childhood career in a cooperative preschool as a parent volunteer in 1966.  She became a preschool teacher and taught in three types of programs including Head Start, a program for Spanish-speaking children and their families, and a home-based preschool program.  Later she became a director of child care programs and helped to open several pilot projects including a therapeutic child care program and an infant-center.

 

Besides preschool, Janet’s special interests include working with parents, diversity, family child care, and infants.  In the 1970s she studied with Magda Gerber, an infant expert from Hungary.  Recently she has studied at the Pikler Institute in Budapest where Magda came from. Presently Janet is involved in helping create a training project called “Strengthening Family and Professional Partnerships” with NAEYC.  Janet is the author of four early childhood education textbooks, plus a book on diversity and two parenting books. In 2002 she co-authored Bridging Cultures in ECE, a training manual for WestEd.  She has been on the faculty of WestEd’s Program for Infant-Toddler Care training trainers since 1991.  For the last 10 years she has also been on the faculty of Beginning Together, an organization that trains professionals to include children with special needs in early care and education programs.

 

Janet lives in a multicultural family in California, a state where there is no longer a majority culture; everyone now is a minority.  Janet earned a B.A. in English from University of California, Davis and a M.A. in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0132657147
• ISBN 13: 9780132657143
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 432