Building Resilience to Trauma: Creating a Safe and Supportive Early Childhood Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Berson, Ilene R.; Baggerly, Jennifer
Titel	Building Resilience to Trauma: Creating a Safe and Supportive Early Childhood Classroom
Quelle	In: Childhood Education, 85 (2009) 6, S.375 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4056
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Coping; Foster Care; Cognitive Development; Personality Traits; Emotional Disturbances; Early Childhood Education; Safety; Terrorism; Natural Disasters; Preschool Teachers; Social Development; Emotional Development; Child Development; Educational Strategies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Bewältigung; Pflegehilfe; Kognitive Entwicklung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Gefühlsstörung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Sicherheit; Terrorismus; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Kindesentwicklung; Lehrstrategie
Abstract	Children around the world are being exposed to traumatic events at a troubling rate. In large, nationally representative studies of children in the United States, researchers have reported that 71% of children have been exposed to at least one potentially traumatic event in the past year, and almost 70% of children have experienced multiple exposures--with an average of three different kinds of victimization reported. For millions of young children worldwide, these experiences involve large-scale traumatic events, such as war, terrorism, or disaster. Even in the face of devastating trauma, however, children have the potential to exhibit resiliency, courage, and an enduring vitality. Early childhood educators can play an important role in fostering these coping skills. In this article, the authors discuss how trauma affects young children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Then, they draw attention to the difficulties and challenges that teachers face when working with children who experienced trauma. Finally, the authors discuss specific strategies for early childhood educators to foster children's resilience. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10