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Beginnings Workshops Book #3 - Child Development

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Table of Contents

When Children are Difficult

Responding Professionally and Compassionately to Challenging Behavior
by Karen Stephens

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Meeting Children's Needs

Friendship - Loving: What Early Childhood Education Is All About
by Ashley Montagu

Children Need Stimulation
by Diane Trister Dodge

Joy in Early Childhood Programs
by Bev Bos

Children Need to Live in the Real World
by Jim Greenman

Children Need Rich Language Experiences
by Elizabeth Jones

Children Need to Feel Safe and Secure
by Diane E. Levin and Nancy Carlsson-Paige

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Brain Research

Brain Research, Infant Learning, and Child Care Curriculum
by J. Ronald Lally

The Thinking Brain
by Pam Schiller

Early Experiences Shape Social Development
by Bettye Caldwell

Facing the Challenge of Motor Development
by Phyllis S. Weikart

Language Development: A Key to Lifelong Learning
by Clarissa Willis

Brain Care: Supporting Healthy Emotional Development
by Linda Gilkerson

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Building Self Image

How Young Children Build Images of Themselves
by Francis Wardle

Image-Building: A Hands-On Developmental Process
by Janet Brown McCracken

Not in Praise of Praise
by Kathleen Grey

Developing Strong Self-Images - It's Important for Teachers, Too!
by Margie Carter

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Children's Mental Health

Granting Children Their Emotions
by Ilse Elisabeth Plattner

Double Vision: Parent and Professional Perspectives on Our Family's Year in Crisis
by Kirsten Haugen

Coping With Stress and Surviving Challenging Times
by Alan Cohen

When the World is a Dangerous Place: Helping Children Deal With Violence in the News
by Diane E. Levin

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Resiliency in Children

Adverse Effects of Witnessing Violence
by Victor LaCerva

Relationships and the Developing Mind
by Daniel J. Siegel

Support Resilience by Connecting Children With Nature
by Karen Stephens

Stories of Children in Croatia: Resilience and Trauma
by Aleksandra Selak Zivkovic

What We Do Matters
by Tamar Jacobson (Meyer)

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Building Character

Modeling Ethical Behavior in the Classroom
by Marjorie Kostelnik

Building Character Through Community Service
by Jenny Friedman

Character Education: Seeing a Bigger Picture
by Francis Wardle

The Ethical Young Child: Pipe Dream or Possibility?
by David Elkind