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Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education, 5/E
Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Emerita, Napa Valley College

ISBN-10: 0135132304
ISBN-13: 9780135132302

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 384 pp
Published: 03/26/2008

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The fifth edition of Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education includes a number of significant changes, including an altered title and a shift in focus.  It is written to the reader directly from the author and discusses socialization and education of young children in home, child care, and educational contexts from birth to 8 years old.  The shift in focus (a) puts working with families in early care and education settings in the spotlight as the central theme and includes more strategies and practical advice in every chapter about how early childhood professionals do that, (b) places more emphasis on Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development, explaining the environmental influences on children to help early childhood professionals understand children's behavior and learning, and (c) extends the age range  to also cover school-age children.

 

As before, the book examines developmental theory and adds diverse perspectives from a base of solid academics, constructivist theory, and the author's own experience.  Students find this text to be very readable and written at an accessible level.

  • Accessible reading level with many personal experiences and vignettes about children and families
  • Broad coverage of developmental theories, with a new emphasis on Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development .
  • Revised age-specific chapters discuss what teachers and other professionals might expect from children in that developmental range, but also issues and strategies for working with families who have children at that developmental level
  • New"Strategies for Working with Families" boxes in each chapter.
  • A new Chapter 1 explores the context in which children live and how those contexts affect children's development. It also presents the idea of family-centered care and education.
  • A new School-Age chapter (Chapter 5) provides content and strategies for prospective teachers who will work with primary-grade children and their parents, either in elementary school settings or in after-school programs.

  • Accessible reading level with many personal experiences and vignettes about children and families
  • Broad coverage of developmental theories, with a new emphasis on Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory of development .
  • Revised age-specific chapters discuss what teachers and other professionals might expect from children in that developmental range, but also issues and strategies for working with families who have children at that developmental level
  • New"Strategies for Working with Families" boxes in each chapter.
  • A new Chapter 1 explores the context in which children live and how those contexts affect children's development. It also presents the idea of family-centered care and education.
  • A new School-Age chapter (Chapter 5)provides content and strategies for prospective teachers who will work with primary-grade children and their parents, either in elementary school settings or in after-school programs.

    • Chapter 1     The Child in Context of Family and Community

    Chapter 2     Supporting Families Around Issues of Attachment

    Chapter 3     Supporting Families with Autonomy-Seeking Youngsters

    Chapter 4     Sharing Views of Initiative with Families

    Chapter 5     Working with Families of School-Age Children

    Chapter 6     Understanding Families' Goals, Values and Culture

    Chapter 7     Working with Families on Guidance Issues

    Chapter 8     Working with Families on Addressing Feelings and Problem-Solving

    Chapter 9     Working with Families to Support Self-Esteem

    Chapter 10    Working with Families Around Gender Issues

    Chapter 11    Stress and Success in Family Life

    Chapter 12    Care and Education Programs as Community Resources

    Chapter 13    Other Community Resources

    Chapter 14    Societal Influences on Children and Families

    Chapter 15    Social Policy Issues

      For courses in Child, Family, and Community and Parents/Home-School Relations  in Early Child Education.

       

      This exciting revision differs from our other text offerings for this course(Berger, Barbour, Wright/Stegelin) in that it focuses primarily on the young child’s socialization.  So, if social competence and socialization are important to you, this text is one for consideration.  Recognizing that socialization is one of the most important aspects of child development, this lively and engaging book examines socialization issues of young children during child rearing, in child care facilities, and in the early education system within a developmental context. Child development as it relates to a child's first eight years, to a healthy family, and to a multicultural community is presented to students through personal stories, vignettes, pictures, and a wealth of examples.

    • 0131189212The Young Child in the Family and the Community, 4/E
      Gonzalez-Mena
      © 2006 | Merrill | Paper; 400 pages | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0131189212 | ISBN-13: 9780131189218
      Brief Description

     

    Janet Gonzalez-Mena taught in the California university and community college systems for 35 years.  She was on the full-time faculty at Napa Valley College in the Child and Family Studies Department for 15 years. Janet started her early childhood career in a cooperative preschool as a parent volunteer in 1966.  She became a preschool teacher and taught in three types of programs including Head Start, a program for Spanish-speaking children and their families, and a home-based preschool program.  Later she became a director of child care programs and helped to open several pilot projects including a therapeutic child care program and an infant-center.

     

    Besides preschool, Janet’s special interests include working with parents, diversity, family child care, and infants.  In the 1970s she studied with Magda Gerber, an infant expert from Hungary.  Recently she has studied at the Pikler Institute in Budapest where Magda came from. Presently Janet is involved in helping create a training project called “Strengthening Family and Professional Partnerships” with NAEYC.  Janet is the author of four early childhood education textbooks, plus a book on diversity and two parenting books. In 2002 she co-authored Bridging Cultures in ECE, a training manual for WestEd.  She has been on the faculty of WestEd’s Program for Infant-Toddler Care training trainers since 1991.  For the last 10 years she has also been on the faculty of Beginning Together, an organization that trains professionals to include children with special needs in early care and education programs.

     

    Janet lives in a multicultural family in California, a state where there is no longer a majority culture; everyone now is a minority.  Janet earned a B.A. in English from University of California, Davis and a M.A. in Human Development from Pacific Oaks College.

     

     

     

    This popular text discusses the effect that contexts, such as families, child care programs, schools, media, and communities, have on child development and education. It provides many strategies for professionals to help children and families resolve conflicts, advocate,  understand issues and differences, and maximize children’s potential. Throughout the field, this text is known for its excellent coverage of cultural responsiveness and providing many helpful, descriptive scenarios. To respond to shifting needs, this edition includes some key changes:

     

    Broader Theoretical Focus includes Ecological Theory and Family Systems Theory.  This edition expands the coverage of Bronfenbrenner’s theory of ecological development and helps students to look at children in the contexts in which they are raised so that they can better address their needs. Family systems theory gives students a framework for understanding family dynamics, which helps them to relate better to children and their families.

     

    Expanded Coverage Includes New Chapter on School-Age Children.  Chapter 5 has been added to this edition to accommodate course coverage of school-age children. It includes discussion of children transitioning from the initiative stage to that of industry, how family-centered approaches can ease children’s entry into kindergarten, affirmations and the power of positive adult attention, and teaching morals by promoting prosocial behaviors.

     

    Greater Focus on Strategies for Communicating and Working Collaboratively with Diverse Families. This revision includes new strategy sections in each chapter on “Strategies for Working with Diverse Families” and a more deliberate focus in the prose on including suggestions for working with all types of families in a collaborative way.

     

     

    Author Janet Gonzalez-Mena is working on an NAEYC project, “Strengthening Family-Professional Partnerships”, which trains trainers and focuses on building relationships and communication strategies between ECE professionals and families. 

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      Gonzalez-Mena
      © 2009 | Merrill | Electronic Book; 384 pages | Instock
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      Pearson Custom Publishing
      © 2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Electronic Supplement | Instock
      ISBN-10: 0137157711 | ISBN-13: 9780137157716

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