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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784058903321

Autore

Henry Margaret <1931, >

Titolo

Young children, parents and professionals : enhancing the links in early childhood / / Margaret Henry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-79614-5

0-203-03418-X

1-280-33706-0

0-203-28940-4

1-134-79615-3

9786610337064

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

305.23/1

Soggetti

Child development

Child rearing

Social work with children

Child care workers

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-214) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS

Sommario/riassunto

As early year education and very early child care increase, parents and professionals face many difficult questions. What are the effects of early education on children? Are parents fulfilling their roles? What should teachers' roles be? Seldom asked are more basic questions: What are the fundamental needs of young children? Or parents? Or professionals? How can these differing sets of needs be met?Margaret Henry proposes three dimensions of caregiving behaviour through which parents and professionals not only help young children to develop, but can also help one another's development. Evi