Wellbeing Explained

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-69291-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Reihe: Key Concepts in Early Childhood

Nurturing children and supporting their wellbeing is vitally important, along with looking after the wellbeing of the staff who support them. Wellbeing Explained highlights the importance of wellbeing and explains key terms associated with wellbeing and mental health needs. Unpicking terms such as holistic development, self-esteem, SEMH, and anxiety, it uses practical examples and case studies to explain what these mean and how we can promote wellbeing through policy and practices.

Divided into two parts, the first provides a brief overview of the key terms associated with wellbeing in early childhood alongside examples of what they mean in practice. Part two then shares the principles that underpin promoting good wellbeing, such as prioritising staff wellbeing, adopting a loving pedagogy, keeping the child and family central to provision, and creating an enabling environment explaining the underlying ethos of a child-centred approach.

Part of the Key Concepts in Early Childhood Series, this is essential reading for early years practitioners and students that want to know and understand what they can do to support their own wellbeing and the children they work with.

Zielgruppe

Further/Vocational Education, Parents, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mainstone-Cotton, Sonia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Grundschulen, Hauptschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Kindergarten & Vorschule
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Note from the series editor

Introduction

Part 1 - explaining the terms

Anxiety

ACEs

Attachment needs

Creativity/imagination

Depression

Dysregulation

Early intervention

Emotional regulation

Emotional literacy

Enabling environment

Fight/ flight/freeze/fawn

Holistic development

Listening to children

Loving Pedagogy

Leuven Scale

Joyfulness

Mental Health first aid

Nature Deficit Disorder

Nurture

Outdoors

SEMH

Self-compassion

Self-harm

Self-esteem

Selective Mutism

Self-regulation

Spiritual wellbeing

Stress

SSTEW scale

Thrive

Transitions

Wellbeing

Window of tolerance

Further reading / links

Part 2 - Embedding wellbeing practices

The rights of the child in relation to wellbeing

The role of the adult in relation to wellbeing

How the adult can prioritise their and their colleagues wellbeing

How we can create an enabling environment which promotes wellbeing

How we can engage parents and work in partnership with them when supporting their children’s wellbeing

How to write a wellbeing policy

Signposting for further advice

Staff training

References

Über Autor(innen)

Sonia Mainstone-Cotton currently works with Brighter Futures, a specialist team supporting 3- and 4-years-olds who have social, emotional, and mental health needs. She delivers training on children’s SEMH and wellbeing and has written 11 books.