The Six Keys
The Six Keys: Strategies for Promoting Children's Mental Health in Early Childhood Programs
Six vital ways to nurture children's mental, emotional, and social growth.
By Cindy Croft
Price: $18.00

© 2007
136 pages, paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-9786018-2-9
ISBN-10: 0-9786018-2-3


This important work defines the role of the child-care provider and early educator in ensuring children's social and emotional health. This book uses research and real-life examples to illustrate the indicators of risk and intervention resources, as well as appropriate activities and environment to support a child's overall emotional well-being in the child care setting.

About the Author

Cindy Croft is Director of the Center for Inclusive Child Care in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Center for Inclusive Child Care is a comprehensive resource network for promoting and supporting inclusive early childhood and school-age programs and practitioners with training and consultation, and other resources at www.inclusivechildcare.org. She also is part-time faculty at St. Paul colleges, and teaches for the Minnesota on-line Eager To Learn program. She has her M.A. in Education with an Early Childhood Emphasis.

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