Illustrate guidance concepts in action and offer opportunities to apply strategies
Standards and Key Elements are included at the start of each chapter so that students can connect these standards to practice.
Examples of three teachers in different phases of early childhood education appear throughout the text and show how real teachers have dealt with guidance problems in actual classrooms.
More school-based examples at the pre-K and K level help readers see appropriate guidance in action in real early childhood settings. Focusing on this level is especially important now, as preschool and childcare expulsions are on the rise.
The functional behavioural assessment (FBA) process helps readers learn to collect data to effectively deal with six specific challenging behaviours.
Chapter-opening Case Studies focus on children and teachers from infant-toddler, preschool, and primary classrooms to help readers visualise the major points in each chapter.
Analyse Case Studies features help students apply newly acquired knowledge from the chapter to the chapter-opening case study.
Apply Your Knowledge end-of-chapter features focus on the application level in the cognitive domain.
Emphasise positive, state-of-the-art child guidance and management strategies
An enhanced focus on positive guidance strategies as more compassionate and effective alternatives to time-out and other forms of punishment is woven throughout this edition.

Guidance of Young Children, 10th edition