Nurturing Personal, Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood

Debbie Garvey is an active trainer, writer and speaker on the subjects of leadership, mentoring, team building and reflective practice, and the roles these play in quality improvement for early years settings. She was a founder member of the National Quality Improvement Network, managed by the National Children's Bureau, and is founder of Stonegate Training Consultancies, which provides training and advocacy designed to improve quality provision for children, young people and families.

In this remarkable book, Debbie Garvey has brilliantly analysed both the reasons and the techniques for nurturing PSED. From theory and neuroscience to lifelong practice via well meaning, wellbeing and the importance of listening, Debbie explains it all in a thoroughly engaging, affable style. Most importantly, she inspires genuine, and sometimes challenging, self-reflection on practice, using some novel, intriguing and effective methods.

• Foreword by Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk. Introduction. 1. Brain Development, Neuroscience and PSED. 2. Perspectives and Influences on PSED. 3. Well-Meaning? 4. Promoting Children's Wellbeing. 5. The Importance of Listening. 6. Theory into Lifelong Practice. Appendix. Sample Reflective Action Plan for Practice (RAPP). Blank Reflective Action Plan for Practice (RAPP). Endnote: Reflecting on Personal, Social and Emotional Development.