Overview

This book equips early childhood educators and service providers with tools to support emerging social-emotional development and positive behavior in the first five years of life. It begins by providing an overview of social-emotional development, including how this development is intertwined with other areas of growth, environmental influences, and short- and long-term child outcomes. The educator's influential role is discussed within the context of the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) framework and the Pyramid Model. Guiding principles and specific, research-based strategies for supporting children's success are presented, with numerous specific examples of how to foster healthy social-emotional development and adaptive behavior in center- and home-based settings. The final chapters discuss how teachers and service providers can overcome potential roadblocks to implementing PBIS, build and maintain positive relationships with families, and ensure good communication, consistency, and shared accountability across support networks. Included are numerous examples and vignettes, textboxes on collaborating with families, quotes from parents and educators, and supplemental exercises. These elements, along with the author's direct, user-friendly approach, make this content highly accessible for early childhood personnel seeking practical, engaging ways to support early social-emotional growth.

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Dr. Edwards has created a comprehensive text for EI/ECSE professionals. She provides sound, practical strategies for adults to use across settings to support the emotional development of young children. The case studies and examples embedded throughout each chapter provide opportunities for readers to reflect on content to support their implementation. The text provides current, up-to-date knowledge regarding best practices and approaches, including the use of the Pyramid Model. --Erin E. Barton, Ph.D., BCBA-D

""This book will make a fine reference text for the desk of every administrator of an early childhood program! The author provides clear, concise, and valuable insights and ideas specifically to enhance caregiver behaviors to optimize positive early emotional development. Teachers who apply the techniques suggested in these chapters will find deeper professional satisfaction in nurturing young childrenâ (TM)s emotional growth as well in forging positive partnerships with families and with colleagues."" --Alice Sterling Honig, Ph.D.

"""Dr. Edwards has created a comprehensive text for EI/ECSE professionals. She provides sound, practical strategies for adults to use across settings to support the emotional development of young children. The case studies and examples embedded throughout each chapter provide opportunities for readers to reflect on content to support their implementation. The text provides current, up-to-date knowledge regarding best practices and approaches, including the use of the Pyramid Model."" --Erin E. Barton, Ph.D., BCBA-D"

Author Information

Dr Nicole Megan Edwards is currently an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Rowan University and previously worked at Georgia State University as Associate Director of a statewide early intervention professional development initiative. She began her career as a center-based and home-based early intervention provider in New York City, working with infants and toddlers with special needs and their families. She earned her M.Ed in Early Childhood Special Education from New York University and Ph.D in Special Education from University of Maryland, College Park and became a university faculty member in 2013. Dr. Edwards teachers several courses, including Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. She is a member of the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) and Teacher Education Division (TED) of the Council for Exceptional Children, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), Zero to Three, and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). She is an annual conference proposal reviewer for DEC and AERA, reviews for Early Education and Development and Journal of Early Intervention, serves on the editorial board for TEACHING Exceptional Children, serves as co-leader of the Division for Early Childhood's Early Intervention Special Interest Group, and disseminates research at professional conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Edwards' research interests include improving access to and quality of early intervention early childhood/ early childhood special education (across birth five settings), family–provider collaboration and capacity building, the perceived role of caregivers and providers in early emotional development, and roadblocks to implementing Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. She lives with her husband and two sons in Pennsylvania.

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