Description

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• Administrators whose staff are struggling with a child with challenging behavior--or who have already experienced this issue and realize how unprepared they've been--will find practical ideas and strategies to help staff prevent future behavior problems and more effectively address challenging behavior when it occurs.
• Real-life anecdotes and sidebars make the book lively and easy to read and applicable to real programs.
• The strategies are realistic and practical, because many early childhood programs don't have the time or money to always do what the experts prescribe.
• The authors bring to this book the same wealth of practical experience, breadth of research base, and engaging tone present through all four editions of their bestselling textbook for teachers, Challenging Behavior in Young Children: Understanding, Preventing, and Responding Effectively.
• Most books on challenging behavior are geared toward teachers--this is one of few books written specifically to help program administrators develop the skills needed to build a team that works together to support all children and staff.
• NAEYC publishes research-based, peer-reviewed books for early childhood educators.

About the Author

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Barbara Kaiser, MA, is the coauthor of Challenging Behavior in Young Children (now in its 4th edition) and Meeting the Challenge. She has taught at Acadia University in Nova Scotia and at Concordia University and College Marie-Victorin in Montreal, Canada, and presented workshops, keynote speeches, and webinars on challenging behavior in the US, Canada, and throughout the world. Barbara acted as chief consultant for the Mr. Rogers' Family Communications project, Challenging Behaviors: Where Do We Begin? and for Facing the Challenge, an instructional DVD produced by the Devereux Center for Resilient Children. She also developed an intervention to address youth violence; created webinars and guides on bullying for the Nova Scotia Department of Education; and founded and directed two early childhood centers and an after-school program in Montreal. She has an MA from McGill University. Recently she has given webinars on leadership and on supporting children, families, and staff returning to school and child care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Judy Sklar Rasminsky, MA, is a freelance writer who specializes ineducation and health. With coauthor Barbara Kaiser, she has written Challenging Behavior in Young Children and Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School, which both earned Texty awards from the Text and Academic Authors Association; and Meeting the Challenge, a bestseller selected as a comprehensive membership benefit by NAEYC. In addition, the team has authored a guide for Canadian parents, The Daycare Handbook, and a fact book for educators on HIV/AIDS. Judy's work has appeared in publications such as the Reader's Digest and the Los Angeles Times, been anthologized in textbooks, and honored by the National Institutes of Health. For many years an editor and researcher for book publishers in New York, London, and Montreal, she holds a BA from Stanford University and an MA from Columbia University.