Bettye Jo Wray-Fears, Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke

Children at Their Best: Understanding and Using the Five Elements to Develop Children's Full Potential for Parents, Teachers, and Therapists

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Produktbeschreibung

The authors describe an exciting new way of understanding a child's development by looking at how the Five Elements of Chinese thought can explain patterns of behaviour. They list the problems that can occur if a child's elements are not in balance and presents approaches and activities to help them become more balanced, happier and more resilient.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781848191181
• ISBN-10: 1848191189
• Artikelnr.: 40128556

Autorenporträt

Karin Kalbanter-Wernicke initially trained as a child physiotherapist and went on to study shiatsu in Japan for several years. In 1985, together with her husband Dr. Thomas Wernicke, she founded an institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine just outside Frankfurt, Germany. Karin teaches baby and child shiatsu internationally and is a Founder of the German Shiatsu Society. She has written several books including Baby Shiatsu, published in English by Singing Dragon. Bettye Jo Wray-Fears is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and licensed massage therapist. She trained in Shiatsu with Karin in 1985, founded the Shiatsu Massage Institute in 1997(Florida) and has taught the 5-Elements at Karin's Institute since 1991. She is an integrative teacher and family-child therapist combining her background in traditional psychotherapy, human development, eastern bodywork and mindfulness Buddhist practices. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. How do our Children Develop?: Overlapping the Western and
Eastern View. 2. The Foundation of the Traditional 5-Elements and Their
Relationship to Child Development. 3. The 5-Elements in Child Development:
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. 3.1. The Wood Element in Child
Development. 3.2. The Fire Element in Child Development. 3.3. The Earth
Element in Child Development. 3.4. The Metal Element in Child Development.
3.5. The Water Element in Child Development. 4. 5-Element Examples of
Children in Everyday Life. 5. How We Work with Children and the 5-Elements.
6. The Role of Adults in 5-Element Work with Children. 7. Guidelines and
Examples for Creating 5-Element Environments for Children in the Home,
Schools, and Therapy Settings. 8. Ideas and Exercise Examples from
Practice. Chapter 9. Example of a Five-Week Project and Community Event for
Every Age. References. Index.