What To Do When: Practical Guidance Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in the Preschool

Essa, Eva

ISBN 10: 1418067164 / ISBN 13: 9781418067168

Published by Cengage Learning, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What To Do When: Practical Guidance Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in the Preschool
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1418067164
• ISBN 13: 9781418067168
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

What To Do When: Practical Guidance Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in Preschool, 6E is a text intended to help teachers work effectively with young children whose behaviors are challenging. It begins with a series of chapters that provide developmentally appropriate guidelines for working with challenging behaviors. Included is discussion of a range of guidance techniques and their theoretical underpinnings; consideration of why children misbehave; exploration of effective preventive techniques through setting up an inviting and supportive environment; discussion of children with special needs; and a focus on the importance of working with parents. These fundamental chapters are followed by nearly 40 other chapters that present very specific guidelines for handling a range of common behavioral concerns. Some examples of these concerns include hitting, biting, name-calling, non-participation in activities, non-compliance, disruptive behaviors, pant-wetting, and overeating. Each chapter presents a step-by-step approach to changing such behaviors to more socially appropriate ones. Now included is a CD-ROM that contains additional resources including guidelines for careful observation and record keeping, scenarios for use in practicing applying the techniques presented in the book, and a listing of books, articles, and web sites for further study. Students will appreciate the new features and benefits included in this tried-and-true text.

About the Author

Eva L. Essa is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she has been on the faculty since 1971. The author of several books, Ms. Essa has been engaged in writing and research, published in various professional journals, and has been involved with the National Child Development Associate Program since its inception.