Helping Them Heal: How Teachers Can Support Young Children Who Experience Stress and Trauma

by Karen Peterson PhD

Overview

A young child’s brain is uniquely sensitive to the effects of stress and trauma, which can have detrimental, long-term developmental impact. Helping Them Heal explains how trauma affects the developing brain, how those changes can manifest in the classroom, and what teachers and caregivers can do to help a stressed, abused, or neglected child. Helping Them Heal provides early childhood educators with answers, ideas, and specific classroom strategies to move trauma-affected children in positive directions. Early childhood educators will learn ways to help children build resilience, self-regulation, and self-competence using this sensitive, supportive, and practical guide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876594766
Publisher:	Gryphon House Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Karen L. Peterson, PhD, is a professor of early childhood in the Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Vancouver, with 25 years of experience as a program director and child development specialist.