A Comprehensive Guide for Caregivers in Day-care Settings [electronic resource] : Training Child-Care Workers and Parents to Reduce the At-Risk Factor in Infants and Young Children

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Nettie.

Contributor:

Becker, Paul.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Day care centers--Psychological aspects.

Early childhood education--Parent participation.

Early childhood education.

Parent and child.

Parent and infant.

Day care centers.

Child development--Parent participation.

Local Subjects:

Child development.

Day care centers--Psychological aspects.

Early childhood education--Parent participation.

Early childhood education.

Parent and child.

Parent and infant.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Other Title:

Comprehensive Guide for Caregivers in Day-care Settings

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An increasing number of people in our country today acknowledge the fact that there is an enormous crisis in the field of early child care. The first chapter of this book examines the major reasons for the crisis and why the economic reality for most American households will cause the problem to continue to grow in the coming years. Following this, the second chapter discusses the criteria of a good early child care setup, based on professional literature in the field and the authorís experience. The remainder of the book addresses the serious problem that most day-care workers are very poorly

Contents:

HALF TITLE: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR CAREGIVERS IN DAY-CARE SETTINGS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; TITLE PAGE: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE FOR CAREGIVERS IN DAY-CARE SETTINGS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: LIONEL'S STORY; Chapter 2: A PLACE TO MASTER THEIR WORLD: CHOOSING A GOOD DAY-CARE CENTER; Chapter 3: A VERY UNIQUE LOVE AFFAIR: MOTHER AND CHILD FROM BIRTH TO SIX MONTHS; Chapter 4: THE GAPS THAT BEGIN TO APPEAR: WHAT TO DO WHEN A SIX-MONTH-OLD HAS MISSED THE BONDING PROCESS; Chapter 5: THE TODDLER STAGE: THE DIFFERENCES SHARPEN FOR Children-at-Risk

Chapter 6: LOOK AT ME, HEAR ME-AND TELL ME HOW GOOD I AM: THE KEY TO CHANGING AN At-Risk CHILDChapter 7: THE IMAGINATION CAN BE A WONDERFUL HEALER; Chapter 8: THE VITAL TASK WITH AN At-Risk FOUR-YEAR-OLD: HELPING HIM ""BUY INTO"" THE HUMAN COMMUNITY; Chapter 9: SPECIAL TECHNIQUES FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN; Chapter 10: DISCIPLINE VS. DEMAGOGY: WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO CHANGE THE CHILD'S BEHAVIOR?; Chapter 11: AN EPILOGUE: IS THERE HOPE FOR LIONEL?; RESOURCES AND FURTHER READINGS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-398-08334-7

OCLC:

699474806