Overview

Designed for all professionals working with parents and families of young children, this practical guide offers comprehensive resources for building trauma-responsive family engagement in your school or program. Throughout this book, you'll find: Evidence-based practices that promote trauma-response family engagement. Exercises and tools for identifying the strengths and learning edges within your program, school, or agency. Vignettes from people and programs striving to create trusting, asset-focused partnerships with families that improve equity and promote culturally responsive practices. Reflective inquiry questions and sample conversations to help you examine your own practices. With concrete examples and easy-to-implement strategies, this critical book helps readers put theory into practice while providing essential support for individuals and groups both new to and experienced with trauma-responsive practices in early childhood.

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Author:   Julie Nicholson (Mills College, USA) ,  Julie Kurtz ,  Laura Rivas ,  Tasha Henneman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367650650

ISBN 10:   0367650657
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   15 September 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: An Urgent Need for Trauma- Sensitive Family Engagement Practices in Early Childhood 1. When We Talk about Parents and Families, Who is Included? 2. Understanding State Dependent Functioning: The Importance of Maintaining Regulation in Trauma-Responsive Environments 3. Foundations of High-Quality Family Engagement 4. Core Principle: Understand Stress and Trauma 5. Core Principle: Acknowledge Systems of Privilege and Oppression and Take Actions to Disrupt Inequity 6. Core Principle: Establish Safety and Predictability 7. Core Principle: Provide Opportunities for Agency and Control 8. Core Principle: Promote Coping, Resilience, Healing and Wellness 9. Father Engagement: Intentionally Planning for and Centering Fathers and Father Figures in Early Childhood 10. Case Studies: Applying Ideas Throughout the Book to Your Practice

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Julie Nicholson is Professor of Practice in the School of Education at Mills College and Co-Director of the Center for Equity in Early Childhood Education. Julie Kurtz is CEO at the Center for Optimal Brain Integration® and trains on social-emotional and trauma-responsive practices across the lifespan. She also operates a private practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, USA.

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