Many children have to cope with complicated and disruptive situations. Often the classroom becomes the most stable environment. Learn to embrace disruptive change, address it with professionalism, and utilize strategies to affect the direction of children’s lives in a positive way and give them a fighting chance to succeed.
Dr. Jane Humphries has decades of experience in early childhood education, including being a child care director of a program directly impacted by the Oklahoma City bombing.
Kari Rains holds a masters degree in child development and has over a decade of clinical work in the early intervention program in Oklahoma.
Table of Content
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 – Becoming the Bridge of Hope: Understanding Behavior of Children when Change is Wreaking Havoc in Their Lives
CHAPTER 2 – When Change Is Inevitable, The Pillars of a Supportive Classroom Environment
CHAPTER 3 – The Program Perspective: A Team Committed to the Child and Family
CHAPTER 4 – A Fighting Chance for Gracie & Quinton
CHAPTER 5 – A Fighting Chance for Taylor & Tate and Jasmine & Noah
CHAPTER 6 – A Fighting Chance for Amal and Siblings Greyson & Alice
CHAPTER 7 – A Fighting Chance for Abe & Zoe
CHAPTER 8 – Change Over Time and Care of Oneself
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
Classroom Resources
Online Information Resources
Organizational Resources
Children’s Books