Preface: the changing landscape of early childhood education
Introduction: knowing what we know now
Pt. I: Making room for emotional life in preschool. Developmental reality and the reality of experience / Lesley Koplow
"If you're sad and you know it": the value of children's affects / Lesley Koplow
A look in the mirror: self-concept in preschool children / Judith Ferber. Pt. II.: Structure and relationships in preschool. Therapeutic teacher, therapeutic classroom / Judith Ferber
Play therapy as early intervention / Lesley Koplow
Therapeutic technique: the tools of preschools that heal / Lesley Koplow. Pt. III. The meaning of curriculum. Playing for keeps: the value of open-ended play / Lesley Koplow
Affect meets cognition: building a curricular bridge / Lesley Koplow, Virginia Hut, and Judith Ferber
Lesson plans for emotional life / Virginia Hut ... [et al.]. Pt. IV. Understanding special populations. The traumatized child in preschool / Lesley Koplow and Judith Ferber
Helping children with autistic spectrum disorders / Lesley Koplow ... [et al.]
Why homeless children can't sit still / Lesley Koplow. Pt. V. Preschool as home base. Caring for families and staff / Lesley Koplow.