The preschool period is an important and sensitive time to intervene appropriately and create an inclusive environment that responds to the educational needs of all children and helps them to both improve their skills and protect them from the onset of further complications such as low self-esteem and anxiety. In the style of a Teacher Training notebook, practical and ready to use, Hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention – What to do (and what to avoid) offers instructions and educational strategies to successfully deal with problem behaviours typical of children with hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention in kindergarten.

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BOOK STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS

The book comprises 15 chapters that analyze an equal number of problematic situations that are common in kindergarten, subdivided in 4 macro-sections: Hyperactivity, Impulsivity, Inattention, and The Emotional Aspects.

Each chapter contains:

• Explanations of the problem behaviour being considered: Why does he/she do this?
• Brief and simple indications that can be useful to the teacher as a reference point for quickly deciding What to do and reflect on What to avoid.

• A more in-depth description of the specific problem behaviour being worked on: Analysis of the problem behaviour.
• The tools and educational strategies to create the intervention: How to intervene.

Each chapter closes with The educational pact, ideas to support parents in the educational process of their children, and Advice from the expert: reflections to further understand and enrich the teacher’s “briefcase of educational tools”.

The Observation Chart in the Appendix completes the book.

Leaf through some pages that have been translated into English to facilitate your evaluation:

THE AUTHOR

Sara Pezzica Psychologist and psychotherapist with a cognitive-constructivist focus, she mainly deals with diagnoses and clinical interventions in the developmental age. President of the Italian Association of Attention and Hyperactivity Disorders (AIDAI) for the Tuscany region and National AIDAI Vice President. PhD in Developmental Psychology and lecturer in the training course for the Specialization for support activities at the University of Florence, she conducts teacher training courses for teachers and workshops for kindergarten, primary and lower secondary school pupils.

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