Positive Child Guidance, 8th Edition

Author: Darla Miller Series: MindTap Course List

ISBN / EAN: 9781305088993
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Equips readers with information on how to guide, manage, and cope with the behavior of children. This book provides insight into children's efforts to understand their own emerging needs and feelings while coping with adult expectations.

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POSITIVE CHILD GUIDANCE, Eighth Edition, equips readers with information on how to guide, manage, and cope with the behavior of children. The book provides insight into children's efforts to understand their own emerging needs and feelings while coping with adult expectations. The author outlines workable steps for creating a cooperative, respectful community of children and adults, with special emphasis on sensitivity to cultural needs, cultural differences, and developmentally appropriate practice. You'll also find a range of practical, effective, and flexible guidance strategies based on principles of straightforward communication and assertiveness. This new edition includes critical advances in research and addresses the cultural trends that are changing the way babies and children are cared for today.

Critic Reviews

“"[This] guidance book takes a very applied approach, giving students realistic scenarios of child behavior and adult response options."”

"The text is heavily grounded in developmentally appropriate practice and child development theory, while still presenting the content in a reader-friendly format for students. The author sets the stage for guidance in the classroom by first exploring child development--a necessary starting point for any child guidance text!"

About the Author

Darla Ferris Miller holds a doctorate in early childhood education, Texas and Mississippi teaching credentials, and the American Montessori Society Early Childhood, Infant, and Toddler Certification. She was a vice president, a division chair, and a professor at North Harris College. Dr. Miller has also served in a wide range of roles within the field of child care and development. She has been a caregiver, early childhood teacher, center director, teacher trainer, and consultant, and has worked with children from infancy to middle school.