Bridging the Relationship Gap (eBook)

Connecting with Children Facing Adversity

Sara E. Langworthy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
200 Seiten
Redleaf Press (Verlag)
978-1-60554-389-5 (ISBN)

Infos

A resource for working with children growing up without caring adults at home.

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Relationships play an important role in human development, especially in the first years of life. Bridging the Relationship Gap provides caregivers tools and encouragement to be the strong, positive, and nurturing adult these children need in order to thrive.

Learn more about the factors that contribute to the achievement and relationship gap, including ecological, biological, and cultural differences. Most importantly, find many tools and resources to help you more effectively deal with the tough situations and become each child's strongest ally.

Sara Langworthy, PhD, currently serves as policy coordinator for Extension Children, Youth, and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota.

Autor

Sara Langworthy, PhD, currently serves as policy coordinator for Extension Children, Youth, and Family Consortium at the University of Minnesota. After receiving her PhD from the University of Minnesota Institute of Child Development, she has become an expert in brain development research and research translation for public consumption. Her expertise led her to serve as a content expert for Wonder Years: The Science of Early Childhood, now a permanent exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Sara continues to focus on her interest in developing creative ways of bridging the gap between the worlds of research, practice, and policy to create an open discussion on early childhood development and education.

Inhalt

Introduction

Section 1: Relationships: What we feel for those around us
Chapter 1: How what we feel shapes what we know
Chapter 2: How what we feel builds the brain
Chapter 3: How what surrounds us, changes us

Section 2: Research & Reality: What we know and what we see
Chapter 4: When those who love us, hurt us
Chapter 5: When those who love us, leave us

Section 3: Re-envisioning the Response: Where we go from here
Chapter 6: We can build capacity for change
Chapter 7: We can raise the bar to relieve the pressure

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Adversity • attachment styles • brain development and behavior • connecting with children • GAP • Independent Publisher Book Award • Relationship • stress and trauma • tools and resources
• ISBN-10: 1-60554-389-6 / 1605543896
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60554-389-5 / 9781605543895