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This is the core text that students of child development center administration need to help them learn to manage effectively in the twenty-first century. [In thid text, the author] focuses on targeted problem-solving strategies, decision making, and specific tools. [The text] has been updated and expanded to emphasize strategies and solutions to the challenges facing today's child development center mangers
This title is also available packaged with the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0133830942. An overview of the demographic and theoretical context within which early childhood programs operate, and a look at the core competencies that make them work. Based on the premise that high-quality programs for young children are an essential support for families--a part of the family ecosystem--this resource demonstrates how managers of programs for young children must understand the value of family, as well as the relationships between family, program, and community. Part I provides an overview of the demographic and theoretical context...
The seventh edition of this popular book supports the authors' belief that guidance is more than getting children to do what you want them to do now; it is helping them to become everything they can become for all of their tomorrows. The book provides an overview, followed by discussion of core concepts, strategies for applying those concepts, and, finally, the broader perspective of professionalism and human resource development. Its approach focuses on the need to consider a child's developmental level as well as family and cultural context when planning environments and activities for young children. Unlike others in the field, it offers concrete suggestions on how to guide children while they are involved in specific activities such as playing, eating, napping, etc. For teachers and parents of young children.
Includes the full text of the keynote addresses and plenary sessions, the abstracts and summaries of the small group discussion sessions, abstracts of the poster presentations, the program outline, and a list of participants.
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