Building Blocks for Reflective Communication

A Guide for Early Care and Education Professionals

Grace Manning-Orenstein

• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN:
  9781631529337
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Professional Development

In the United States today, more than 11 million children five years of age and under spend part of each day in the professional care of 21 million early childhood caregivers. Anyone connected to this field, whether they be administrators, teachers, parents, mental health consultants, early childhood mental health agencies, or universities, will want to learn about the unique stressors of this emotionally charged environment and its impact on the individuals who work there. Intended to provide communication skills that deal positively with the powerful emotions triggered by stress, Tame Your Powerful Emotions will help people express themselves honestly and authentically while at the same time showing respect for their colleagues. Empowering, straightforward, and accessible, this book is a source of calm for those tense moments when teacher relationships hang in the balance.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Dedication
• Preface
• Unwritten Rules of the Work Place
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 — The Unique Tensions of the Early Care and Education Profession
• Chapter 2 — Good Stress, Bad Stress
• Chapter 3 — Emotions
• Chapter 4 — The Reflective State of Mind
• Chapter 5 — Talking: Unsafe Talk
• Chapter 6 — Talking: Safe Talk
• Chapter 7 — Listening to Others
• Chapter 8 — Putting It All Together: Team Communication
• Conclusion
• Appendix A — Sample Job Descriptions
• Appendix B — Solutions to Unwritten Rules of the Work Place
• References
• Glossary
• Index
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author