Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma

by Barbara Sorrels EdD

Overview

As an early childhood professional, you play a key role in the early identification of maltreatment and unhealthy patterns of development. You are also the gateway to healing. In Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma, you will find the tools and strategies to connect with harmed children and start them on the path to healing.

Award Winner! 
Recipient of 2016 Academics' Choice Smart Book Award 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876593509
Publisher:	Gryphon House Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2015
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	248
Sales rank:	325,756
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Barbara Sorrels, EdD, is executive director of The Institute for Childhood Education in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a professional-development and consulting firm for those who live and work with children. She has more than twenty years of child care, kindergarten, and elementary teaching experience, as well as more than five years’ experience teaching graduate and undergraduate students at the university level.

Dr. Sorrels holds a doctorate in early childhood education from Oklahoma State University, a master’s degree in Christian education from Southwestern Seminary, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland. She and her husband have two daughters and one new granddaughter.

Interviews

Teachers, caregivers, directors, and administrators of children ages birth-6

Editorial Reviews

As an educator for nearly 20 years, I've observed behaviours like many mentioned this extraordinary book but could never really put the finger on them. I intend to spend many more hours digging into Dr. Sorrels book to deepen my analytical skills within the context of early childhood development and human development in general. - Academic's Choice Awards


Reaching and Teaching Children Exposed to Trauma is essential for any early childhood educator. This book aims to inform the reader on how to identify specific behaviour patterns of development that may be unhealthy for the child. Chapters cover topics such as stress response and fear based behavior, the effect of trauma on relationships, self-regulation, social skills, sensory processing and the developmental process of learning. Dr. Barabara Sorrels then offers a way in which to approach teaching a child that demonstrates one or more of these behaviours. She offers insight into the play-based curriculum, drama, art, science and math in the classroom. - Academic's Choice Awards

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