To provide high-quality early childhood education that promotes children’s wellbeing and enriches their learning outcomes, educators need high levels of wellbeing themselves. Wellbeing Science in Early Childhood Education shows how educators and teams can proactively create and embed positive change to enhance the wellbeing of everyone in their setting. Each chapter explores the research and theory behind an aspect of wellbeing, as well as how to put it into practice.
Themes covered include:
- Relationships
- Emotions
- Resilience
- Strengths
- Mindfulness
- Kindness and compassion
- Habits and goals.
This book will empower both formal leaders and others wanting to lead positive change to create environments conducive to supporting the wellbeing of themselves and their colleagues and, in turn, the development of the children in their care.
Features: This Book:
- Offers many practical ways of making positive change to enhance the wellbeing of early childhood educators and teams
- Is grounded in evidence from positive psychology and wellbeing science
- Explores conditions and practices in relation to core aspects of wellbeing such as relationships, mindfulness, strengths, and habits and goals
- Is a supportive tool for both formal leaders and anyone else who wants to take the initiative in supporting wellbeing
About the Author:
Jo Maloney is a consultant who supports leaders, educators and organisations to reach their positive potential. She has a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology, a Diploma of Positive Psychology and Wellbeing and a Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood). Jo has worked in the early childhood and community sectors for 30 years in various roles including director, teacher, TAFE teaching, mindfulness facilitator, and providing trauma-informed social-emotional learning support for children and educators. Jo believes that high-quality education and care originates from educators who possess high levels of wellbeing to enable them to support each other, children, families and their communities to thrive.
