Foundations of Responsive Caregiving: Infants, Toddlers and Twos - Softcover

"Given the plasticity of the early developing brain, caregivers play a critical role in the child's physical, intellectual, and emotional development. Needed is a resource that gives caregivers well-researched and practical examples on how to create an enriched environment for young children. This exceptional book, along with its companion volume, Activities for Responsive Caregiving, meets this need. It needs to be read by every early childhood educator, child care provider, and parent of children birth to two. Our children will be the beneficiaries." --Patricia Wolfe, EdD, author of Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom Practice and coauthor of Building the Reading Brain "Foundations of Responsive Caregiving is the long-awaited manual for the best practices in the daily care of very young children. Dr. Barbre shares her years of experience guiding caregivers of very young children." -- Diana B. Hiatt-Michael, EdD, professor emeritus at Pepperdine University

Understanding the development of infants, toddlers, and twos equips caregivers with the tools and best practices needed to guide, teach, and care for them. This foundational approach provides information on theories of early development, components of high-quality, responsive caregiving, and strategies to support children in their earliest years.