- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Trauma-Sensitive Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year-Olds
About This Book
Immerse children who experience a rough start in life in the highest quality of care. Maltreatment during the first three years of life is of utmost concern. Not only are the numbers of harmed infants and toddlers staggering, maltreatment during this vulnerable period alters children's development in such a way that it robs them of reaching their full human potential. As an infant-toddler child-care provider, you are a "first responder" to this national crisis, playing a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. You can be a gateway to healing. In Trauma-Sensitive Care for Infants, Toddlers, and Two-Year Olds, discover practical advice and strategies to nurture harmed children and start them on the path to healing.
- Create spaces that communicate safety.
- Provide predictable routines.
- Nurture connectedness and attachment.
- Use rhythm to support brain development.
- Nurture healthy social-emotional development.
- Use play to encourage self-regulation and self-confidence.
- Care for yourself so you can care for children.
To recover and develop resilience in the face of adversity, infants and toddlers need fully present, playfully engaged, calm, and invested caregivers. There is no margin for error.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: What Is Severe Stress and Trauma?
- Chapter 2: Prenatal Trauma
- Chapter 3: Basic Principles of Brain Development
- Chapter 4: Early Childhood Trauma, Its Effects on Infant and Toddlers, and Implications for Child-Care Educators
- Chapter 5: Trauma-Responsive Environments Are Safe
- Chapter 6: Developing Trust
- Chapter 7: Trauma-Responsive Environments Are Playful
- Chapter 8: Trauma-Responsive Environments Encourage Autonomy
- Chapter 9: Trauma-Responsive Environments Are Regulating
- Chapter 10: Sensory Processing and Self-Regulation
- Chapter 11: Challenging Behaviors
- Chapter 12: Trauma-Responsive Environments Care for the Caregiver
- Chapter 13: Supporting Parents and Families
- Appendix: Recommended Resources
- References and Recommended Reading