Guiding Children's Social Development and Learning: Theory and Skills (MindTap Course List)

Guiding Children's Social Development and Learning: Theory and Skills (MindTap Course List) by Kostelnik, Marjorie. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781305960756.

Updated throughout and featuring an emphasis on NAEYC and other standards, GUIDING CHILDRENS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING: THEORY AND SKILLS, Ninth Edition, focuses on ways professionals can help children develop both positive feelings about themselves and social competence. Youll find practical, developmentally appropriate strategies for how to work with children and families from many different backgrounds and circumstances, and in a variety of group settings. With the help of this text, youll avoid much of the guesswork and frustration that can hinder practitioners efforts to influence childrens social development and behavior. And, youll obtain a unified framework for decision-making and professional practice that incorporates sound principles of childrens development, relationship enhancement, and behavior management. This is a book youll want to keep and refer to long after you leave the course.