Developmental reality and the reality of experience / Lesley Koplow -- "If you're sad and you know it": the value of children's affects / Lesley Koplow -- A look in the mirror: self-concept in preschool children / Judith Ferber -- Therapeutic teacher, therapeutic classroom / Judith Ferber -- Play therapy as early intervention / Lesley Koplow -- Therapeutic technique: the tools of preschools that heal / Lesley Koplow -- Playing for keeps: the value of open-ended play / Lesley Koplow -- Affect meets cognition: building a curricular bridge / Lesley Koplow, Virginia Hut, Judith Ferber -- Lesson plans for emotional life / Virginia Hut [and others] -- The traumatized child in preschool / Lesley Koplow, Judith Ferber -- Helping children with autistic spectrum disorders / Lesley Koplow [and others] -- Why homeless children can't sit still / Lesley Koplow -- Caring for families and staff / Lesley Koplow
"The first edition of this indispensable book set the standard for high-quality intervention and prevention programs in early childhood practice. Since its publication, many new forces have impacted the landscape of early childhood education, presenting both great opportunities and great risks for today's emotionally fragile young children. Once again making complex psychological concepts accessible to classroom teachers, this thorough revision: Incorporates important understandings gained since the tragic events of 9/11; Addresses many of the challenging issues that confront educators in the current high-pressure climate focused on academic performance; Includes recent scientific research that supports the concepts underlying high-quality intervention and prevention in early childhood practice--concepts that were the basis for the first edition of this book; Provides an essential framework to help teachers understand the emotional lives of the young children they serve."-- Publisher's descriptions
