Why Temperament Matters

Cindy Croft

ISBN 10: 1605546593 / ISBN 13: 9781605546599

Published by Redleaf Press, US, 2021

About this Item

Why Temperament Matters: Guidance Strategies for Young Children addresses early childhood behavior guidance strategies related to children's specific temperament traits. There are nine temperament traits that influence a child's behavior: Activity Level, Distractibility, Persistence, Adaptability, Approach/Withdrawal, Intensity, Regularity, Sensory Awareness, Mood. All nine temperament traits are grouped into three major categories of personality: easy/flexible, feisty/spirited, and slow-to-warm-up/sensitive. This book provides specific ideas about how a child care provider can adjust the early childhood program and environment to meet the individual needs of each child's temperament. There is a specific emphasis on children who fall into the feisty/spirited or the slow-to-warm-up/sensitive categories because they are often the ones who are expelled with challenging behaviors. Why Temperament Matters explains where challenging behaviors may originate in temperament and provides strategies for meeting temperament needs that prevent or lessen challenging behaviors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Temperament Matters
• Publisher: Redleaf Press, US
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605546593
• ISBN 13: 9781605546599
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 18.42W x 1.27H x 26.04D centimeters 18.42 centimeters width by 1.27 centimeters height by 26.04 centimeters depth
• Weight: 443 grams

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Synopsis

Why Temperament Matters: Guidance Strategies for Young Children addresses early childhood behavior guidance strategies related to children’s specific temperament traits. There are nine temperament traits that influence a child’s behavior: Activity Level, Distractibility, Persistence, Adaptability, Approach/Withdrawal, Intensity, Regularity, Sensory Awareness, Mood. All nine temperament traits are grouped into three major categories of personality: easy/flexible, feisty/spirited, and slow-to-warm-up/sensitive.

This book provides specific ideas about how a child care provider can adjust the early childhood program and environment to meet the individual needs of each child’s temperament. There is a specific emphasis on children who fall into the feisty/spirited or the slow-to-warm-up/sensitive categories because they are often the ones who are expelled with challenging behaviors. Why Temperament Matters explains where challenging behaviors may originate in temperament and provides strategies for meeting temperament needs that prevent or lessen challenging behaviors.

About the Author

Cindy Croft, M.A., is the founding director of the Center for Inclusive Child Care and has worked in the early childhood field for more than 25 years. She provides technical assistance and training to early childhood educators on adapting their physical and emotional environments to meet children’s specific behavioral needs. Cindy is also the author of Caring for Young Children with Special Needs.