Guidance for Every Child: Teaching Young Children to Manage Conflict

by Daniel Gartrell

Overview

Tying together the theory and practice of child guidance and behavior in clear and accessible ways, this book provides educators and caregivers actionable best practices to teach children healthy emotional and social development. Using contemporary brain research, vignettes, and discussion questions, this book gives you the tools and strategies to reduce the increasing expulsion rate in early childhood, understand how stress effects children’s self-regulation, and help even the most at-risk children thrive.

A great strategy to help reduce the increasing expulsion rate, Dan Gartrell’s guidance practices teach children to express strong feelings well, solve problems in creative ways, accept differences, and think ethically and intelligently. Use this book to empower children and to never give up on any child.

Dan Gartrell has studied and written about the topics of child guidance and liberation teaching for the past thirty years. He received his master’s degree from Bemidji State University and his EdD from the University of North Dakota. For many years he was the principle author of the “Guidance Matters” column in Young Children .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781605545370
Publisher:	Redleaf Press
Publication date:	07/04/2017
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Dan Gartrell has studied and written about the topics of child guidance and liberation teaching for the past thirty years. He received his master’s degree from Bemidji State University and his EdD from the University of North Dakota. For many years he was the director of the child development training program and a professor of early childhood and foundations education at Bemidji State University, where he is now professor emeritus. Gartrell is the author of four books, including The Power of Guidance and A Guidance Approach for the Encouraging Classroom , and was the principle author of the “Guidance Matters” column in Young Children for many years.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Challenging Behaviors Mean Challenged Children
Chapter 2: Seven Guidance Practices
Chapter 3: An Encouraging Learning Community for Every Child
Chapter 4: Working with Families on Behalf of the Child
Chapter 5: Group Meetings, Teaching for Life in a Democracy
Chapter 6: Calming the Storm
Chapter 7: Make Conflicts into Teaching-LEarning Opportunities/Individual Guidance Talks
Chapter 8: Teaching Young Children to Manage Conflict
Chapter 9: From Survival to Resiliency: Comprehensive Guidance

Appendix