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Making It Better: Activities for Children Living in a Stressful World, Second Edition
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Oehlberg, Barbara – Redleaf Press, 2014
Children living with uncertainty and insecurity often have difficulty focusing on learning. They might demonstrate disrespectful or defiant behaviors, act out, or act with aggression. As an educator, you may provide the only stability in their otherwise turbulent world. "Making It Better" explains trauma-­informed education, an approach…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Class Activities, Learning Activities
Developing Personal Safety Skills in Children with Disabilities.
Briggs, Freda – 1995
This guide provides general background information and practical curriculum ideas for teaching children with disabilities personal safety skills in the area of child sexual abuse. Part 1 covers education for child protection (its history, the need addressed, and effective programs); reasons why children with disabilities especially need personal…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Body Image, Child Abuse, Curriculum
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: Parent-Provider Partnerships in Child Care
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Seibel, Nancy; Britt, Donna; Gillespie, Linda Groves; Parlakian, Rebecca – ZERO TO THREE, 2006
This book is an innovative approach to the primary prevention of child maltreatment. It focuses on the impact that child care providers can make in helping to reduce the risk of abuse and neglect in families with very young children. This research- and practice-based curriculum offers concepts, information, strategies, and practices focused on…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Infants, Emotional Development, Child Care
Teaching Handicapped Children: A Resource Guide for Classroom Teachers.
Lister, Bob; Hnatiuk, Vic – 1979
Intended for regular education teachers of mainstreamed handicapped students, the booklet offers nontechnical information about dealing with children who have a variety of disabilities. A brief introduction traces the evolution of society's attitudes and school practices involving handicapped students. The second unit contains definitions,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Effective Skills for Child-Care Workers: A Training Manual from Boys Town.
Dowd, Tom; And Others – 1994
Boys Town, founded in 1917 by Father Edward Flanagan, attempts to respond to the challenges faced by today's children and youth with its own child care model, called the Boys Town Family Home Program. This model is based on family-style nurturing, behavioral-based instruction, and a "systems" approach to staff training and development.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Abuse
The First Year for Elementary School Teachers: A Practical Plan for Dealing with the Short and Long-Term Management of Teaching Duties and Responsibilities.
Megay-Nespoli, Karen – 1993
The first year of teaching is difficult. New teachers are overwhelmed by all the "firsts" they must face in that year in order to survive it. This book serves as a reference for beginning teachers to help them get through all the "firsts" in teaching--things college professors spend little or no time explaining. For example,…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Beginning Teachers, Bulletin Boards, Child Abuse
The Crisis Manual for Early Childhood Teachers: How To Handle the Really Difficult Problems.
Miller, Karen – 1996
More and more teachers report the increasing incidence of crises in children's lives, crises that interfere with the child's ability to learn. Noting that developmentally appropriate curricula must respond to the issues of immediate concern and interest to children, this source book assists teachers in facing difficult issues in the classroom and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Caregivers