Fostering Resilience in Young Children at Risk for Failure: Strategies for Grades K-3

For Early Childhood Curriculum, Methods in Early Childhood, and Multicultural/Diversity in Early Childhood Education courses.

This is the only text of its kind to specifically address how early childhood professionals can give children with risk factors the academic, social, and emotional support they need.  Characteristics of what makes young children vulnerable for school problems are discussed to let teachers know what to look for.  Teacher strategies are presented to strengthen children's skills and increase learning and achievement in kindergarten and the primary grades.  Includes cases and student work samples to illustrate strategies.

• A context for understanding risk-written at a level that is appropriate for undergraduate students.
• A specific focus on the role of teachers in supporting resilience.
• Important strategies for all early childhood educators. (Ex. pp 44-46, 106-107).
• Research-based approaches for working with children who struggle in school. (Ex. pp 149).
• A focus on common needs of children who are at risk for failure and concrete examples of assessment tools and strategies teachers can use to support them. (Ex. pp 87, 91).
• Strategies to increase parent involvement and support for children's learning at home. (Ex. pp 182).
• Classroom artifacts. (Ex. pp 130-131, 166-167). 
• Figure and tables-illustrate main ideas, provide examples, and templates teachers can use in their classrooms (Ex. pp 78-79).
• Case examples and guiding questions-included throughout the text to keep readers engaged with the material. (Ex. pp 9, 26-27).
• Part of the NEW Merrill Teacher Prep Textbook Series -- Your students' textbook is now the ultimate resource for applying learned strategies to classroom practice.  Listed on the inside front and back covers of every Teacher Prep textbook are the page numbers and references to the book's strategies, plans, activities, lessons, and other resourceful materials for pre-service teachers to use in the classoom-- making this text not just a book for learning, but a book worth keeping.