Addressing Challenging Behavior in Young Children

The Leader's Role

By: Barbara Kaiser, Judy Sklar Rasminsky

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Paperback | 20 May 2021

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Administrators whose staff are struggling with a child with challenging behavior--or who have already experienced this issue and realize how unprepared they've been--will find practical ideas and strategies to help staff prevent future behavior problems and more effectively address challenging behavior when it occurs.
Real-life anecdotes and sidebars make the book lively and easy to read and applicable to real programs.
The strategies are realistic and practical, because many early childhood programs don't have the time or money to always do what the experts prescribe.
The authors bring to this book the same wealth of practical experience, breadth of research base, and engaging tone present through all four editions of their bestselling textbook for teachers, Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively.
Most books on challenging behavior are geared toward teachers--this is one of few books written specifically to help program administrators develop the skills needed to build a team that works together to support all children and staff.
NAEYC publishes research-based, peer-reviewed books for early childhood educators.

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Reading this wonderful book, I feel as if I'm sitting in the room with Barbara as she talks with our staff about the issues they are facing. As early childhood leaders and directors, we need to model the acceptance and understanding that children aren't trying to challenge us-they are trying to communicate their critical needs to us. We have to learn their "language" by being astute observers, acknowledging our own biases, and assisting children to form much-needed relationships with caring adults. Accepting and including a child who challenges us will benefit that child, that family, the teaching staff, and the entire community. -- Mary Graham * Children's Village, Philadelphia *
While many books and resources discuss how to manage children's challenging behavior, be an effective program leader, or address issues of equity, this is the first book to weave these three important topics together. Leaders will find vital information and tools to ensure that the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of all children in a program are being addressed so they can be successful. -- Mary Louise Hemmeter * Vanderbilt University *
Children measure their worth by how adults treat them. When a child finds that his voice or actions offend a teacher, he often clamps down or amps up in response. Kaiser and Rasminsky offer leaders compassionate, culturally informed strategies teachers can delight in using so they do not continually feel exhausted by children's exuberant or defensive self-expression. -- Holly Elissa Bruno * Author on emotional intelligence, trauma, and recovery *

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