Supporting Young Children to Cope, Build Resilience, and Heal from Trauma through Play: A Practical Guide for Early Childhood Educators

By: Julie Nicholson and Julie Kurtz and Lafeshia Edwards and Jonathan Iris-Wilbanks and Samantha Watson-Alvarado and Maja Jevgjovikj and Valentina Torres

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Synopsis: Now more than ever, there is a need for early childhood professionals to comprehensively integrate trauma-sensitive practices into their work with children and families. This essential resource offers instructional strategies teachers can use daily to support their students dealing with trauma in early learning environments. Readers will learn to create opportunities for children to use their natural language—play—to reduce their stress, to cope with adversity, to build resilience, and even to heal from trauma. Nicholson and Kurtz provide vignettes, case study examples, textboxes, photographs, and descriptions of adapted therapeutic strategies ready for implementation in the classroom. Practical and comprehensive, this book is ideal for both prospective and veteran early childhood educators seeking to understand trauma-informed practices when working with young children (birth–8) in a range of environments.