Using a Person-Centred Approach in Early Years Practice reflects on the principles of person-centred counselling, developed by Carl Rogers. It guides students and practitioners to use this approach within the sphere of early childhood education, providing radical new ways of promoting emotions, emotional regulation and well-being.
This accessible resource reveals how a therapeutic approach with a humanistic perspective can be understood and woven into early years professional practice by practitioners themselves. Exploring how educators can be supportive through empathy, understanding and congruent in developing relationships, this text provides:
an overview and rationale to using a person-centred approach its association to emotions, health and well-being the role of therapeutic play in early years communities, from child, parents and wider team how a person-centred approach can impact leadership and teamwork its increasing necessity to supporting a child’s physical and emotional development during the pandemic and beyond
With informed practice examples, case studies and thought-provoking questions regarding a PCA, this book will be essential and informative reading for students studying early years or early childhood courses and to practitioners looking to improve and enhance their practice.
By:
Amanda Norman Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g ISBN:9781032224251 ISBN 10: 1032224258 Pages: 168 Publication Date:09 August 2023 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
1. Person-Centred Principles: A Rogerian Approach and Principles 2. Person-Centred Practice: Therapeutic Play and Supporting Emotional Well-Being in Early Years Practice 3. Person-Centred Care: An Emotional Pedagogy with Young Children 4. Person-Centred Support: Supervision in Early Years Practice 5. Person-Centred Planning: Teamwork and Leadership in Early Years Practice 6. Person-Centred Thinking and Listening: Parent Partnership in Early Years Practice 7. Person-Centred Approach: An Inclusive Approach 8. An End Note of Theory to Practice
Amanda Norman is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead of the B.A. (Hons) Childhood Studies at the University of Winchester, UK.