Format: Book
Author: Dickinson, David K
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In this exciting new book, you'll travel into the homes and schools of over 70 young children from diverse backgrounds and observe parent-child and teacher-child interactions. Through research gathered in the Home School Study of Language and Literacy Development, the authors share with you the relationship they've found between these critical, early interactions and children's kindergarten language and literacy skills.
You'll explore both the home and school environments of these children at ages 3, 4, and 5. You'll see how families talk to their young children during everyday activities like book reading, toy play, and mealtimes. You'll also examine children's conversations throughout the classroom day and consider how teachers strive to support children's development. In each chapter, you'll
- see how the data was collected
- read actual transcripts of parent-child and teacher- child interactions
- recognize how these interactions relate to later development
- get suggestions for supporting children's language and literacy development
- learn how these findings play out in the lives of four of the children in the study
Find out how young children's home and classroom experiences during the preschool years are related to their kindergarten language and literacy skills, and discover the kinds of conversations that make a difference
Parent-Friendly Early Learning: Tips and Strategies for Working Well with Parents
Format: Book
Author: Powers. Julie
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Are you sick of struggling with parents of children in your care? Are you dreading upcoming conferences, or wishing you knew how to approach a difficult topic? Parent-Friendly Early Learning will help you turn parent worries into warm, confident relationships.
You'll learn how to:
• Improve parent-teacher communication
• Better understand a parent's perspective
• Address a parent's fears
• Develop and uphold policies
• Discuss child development
• Share information with parents
Written for beginning teachers and directors as well as seasoned professionals, this is the perfect resource for anyone genuinely interested in working with-not just for-parents
The Parent Newsletter: A Complete Guide for Early Childhood Professionals
Format: Book
Author: Reichel, Sylvia
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Written by a trusted educator with years of experience, The Parent Newsletter is a practical how-to guide that will steer you step-by-step through the process of creating and implementing a newsletter to parents. From advice on writing effective articles to design and layout suggestions to scheduling and distribution, this unique resource is designed for you. All you need are a few hours and a simple word-processing program.
The Visit: Observation, Reflection, Synthesis, for Training and Relationship Building
Format: Book
Author: Annette Axtmann, Ed.D., & Annegret Dettwiler, Ed.D.
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Field-tested and shaped by feedback from directors of Early Head Start, child care organizations, and early intervention programs, The Visit is an essential professional development tool for supervisors to use with direct care practitioners who work with young children and their families. For use in homes, clinics, or group care settings, this tool guides supervisors through structured, 1-hour meetings that strengthen parent/professional relationships and capture an accurate picture of the child’s development. As supervisors and direct care practitioners work as a team to uncover the child’s strengths and challenges and relate them to the strengths and challenges of the family, direct care practitioners obtain professional skill.
During the visit, the parent chooses whether they would like to begin with a parent interview or tasks for the child. The practitioner may interact with the child while the supervisor conducts a parent interview to gather key insights about family supports, separation issues, cultural values, attitudes toward parenting, and caregiving needs. Then the supervisor and parent offer the child age-appropriate tasks selected from standardized assessment instruments. The team takes no notes; instead, they focus on the family and gather observations.
After the visit, the supervisor and direct care practitioner share their observations in a co-review session and compare the child to others in the same age range. Reflecting together, they synthesize their own observations with information gathered from the parent. They write a letter for the parent, illustrated with observations, that summarizes what they learned and suggests next steps.
To help make meetings successful and efficient, The Visit includes Observation, Reflection, Synthesis guides — one for each of eight age ranges from 2 to 36 months. Each guide includes photocopiable record forms with clear instructions, reflective parent interview questions, a list of age-appropriate tasks and required materials, and pages to complete at the co-review session. For easy printing of unlimited quantities, all photocopiable materials are also on an included CD-ROM. A developmental characteristics chart is also inlcluded on the CD-ROM.
With this comprehensive tool, framed by the nonlinear dynamic systems theory of development and based on the principle of reflective supervision, supervisors will have everything they need to train direct care practitioners.
Building Bridges between Teachers and Families VIDEO
Format: Video
Author: Resources, Harvest
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If I didn't even know how to welcome parents, how did I think I could do parent ed?" "Parents wanted to share and I didnít know it." "It really began with parents educating me." Two veteran providers, in two very different economic and cultural settings, dialogue with one another as they share how they moved their focus from educating parents to being allies with parents. Classroom scenarios show ideas for designing environments that are inviting, bridging the worlds of parents and teachers, and creating family-oriented, home-away-from-home communities. VHS Video. 21 minutes.
Mental Health Consultation in Child Care: Transforming Relationships Among Directors, Staff and Families (Paperback)
Format: Book
Author: Kadija Johnston (Author), Charles Brinamen (Author)
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"Mental Health Consultation in Child Care" addresses the impact of the caregiver-child relationship on the mental health of young children. As young children spend more and more time in child care programs, those programs have an increasingly significant effect on their healthy social and emotional development. Kadija Johnston and Charles Brinnamen review current theory and offer practical suggestions for improving relationships between program directors, staff, parents, children, and mental-health consultants to help identify and remove obstacles to quality care. The authors also offer real-life examples of effective programmatic functioning, interstaff and parent-staff relationships, and direct child interventions. Mental health professionals at all levels, early childhood educators and trainers, and policy makers will find this book useful guide to making positive changes in the child care environment.
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