Constructive Guidance and Discipline: Birth to Age Eight: United States Edition - Tapa blanda

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early childhood education for more than 30 years. She first taught kindergarten, then

first grade, and then began teaching teachers. Thanks to her own children, she also

had experience in cooperative preschools and various types of childcare.

Marjorie has a Doctorate in Early Childhood Education with Research in Parent

Involvement. She has been active in early childhood professional organizations at

the national and local levels; she recently served as president of the National Association

of Early Childhood Teacher Educators (NAECTE) and has also served as

vice president of that association. She has served on the national governing board

for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). She has

published extensively in the field of emergent literacy, including the textbook Let’s

This book is the result of more than 30 years of reading and thinking in conjunction

with developing and teaching early childhood discipline courses. Dr. Fields

credits her two sons with initially helping her learn what is most important about

child guidance and discipline. She now continues to learn from her grandchildren.

the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. The newest author, Patty used this book for

several years in classes for both teachers and parents. She teaches Child Guidance

in several formats, including workshops, on the web and as an intensive and compressed

course, and says the book is the backbone of every presentation. In addition

to teaching at the university, Patty has worked as a classroom teacher, owner and

administrator in childcare, private preschool, and a parent coop. Patty’s academic

degrees began with an AA in Nursery School and include a BA in Child Development

and a Masters in Teaching. Her research has been primarily in the field of gender

differences in early childhood. First as a parent and continuing as a grandparent, she

delights in continually learning, sharing, and improving her respectful responses to

all children.

Social Services for Agape Adoptions, an international adoption agency. She assesses

and helps prepare families who wish to adopt children in normal health and with special

needs from a variety of cultural backgrounds. Debby also provides post-adoption

support services, assisting parents with the process of adjustment, attachment, and

developing sensitive discipline practices. Debby is particularly interested in the role of

primary relationships and is continually impressed by the powerful effect that loving

and sensitive caregivers have on children’s behavior and emotional development.

Debby is also the mother of two preteen daughters and continues to learn a great deal

about emotional development in her family life. Her children attend a cooperative

public school, where Debby enjoys working regularly in their classrooms.

Debby has a Master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling. She

presented her Master’s thesis on Multicultural Counseling at a national convention

for the American Psychological Association. In addition to her training in attachment

issues, she has focused on developing culturally sensitive practices in her work with

children and families. She has also worked with teen parents and in an elementary

school counseling center.