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Caring for Self
A Workbook for Early Childhood Educator Well-being
This professional development resource protects and promotes well-being of some of our region’s most essential child advocates: educators. Turnover in the essential field of early childhood education is high because of the physical and emotional toll and low financial benefits. One study found that more than one-quarter of Oregon early educators experience clinical anxiety, a rate more than five times that of the general population, and 15 percent experience depression.
Caring for Self: A Workbook for Early Childhood Educator Well-Being uses self-reflection activities and informational content to support educators to develop healthy relationships, boundaries, and a sense of control to minimize stress and prevent burnout.
This book is great for: lead staff in child care programs, coaches of educators, child care providers, early childhood educators and their advocates.
Author: Ingrid Mari Anderson, EdD and Jennifer J. Baumgartner, PhD
Year of Publishing: 2024
Number of Pages: 88
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Reviews
Billie Ferguson (verified owner) –
This book really helped me with my mental heath and being a better educator.
Ronda Masson (verified owner) –
This is a great book for self care.
alyssakornbrath (verified owner) –
Great ideas and worksheets for teachers
Craigmo (verified owner) –
Good book. Has important points and is focused on mental health of a population that is often overlooked.
Jenny Nunn (verified owner) –
Love this book so much! Helps me think about how things at work can make me feel tired or mentally unavailable at times and helps me to become more aware of how I’m feeling each and every day!
sweety95838 (verified owner) –
This is a great book for self care with great ideas
Preslie Webb (verified owner) –
I thought this helped me out so much! It was a way that I could incorporate both work and personal life for self care. I would definitely recommend this book if you are in the profession!
Caelish Tarrham (verified owner) –
This is a great book for early educators to become more aware of their own mental health. There are helpful ideas and worksheets.
FFFbooks123 (verified owner) –
I agree! Great ideas and worksheets for teachers.
Roxann Malmberg (verified owner) –
This book has really helped me gather ideas of self-care and helping others.
Dawn Kriz (verified owner) –
It was helpful for the teachers in my childcare center to find a balance in their personal life and teaching life.
Charleen Kepner (verified owner) –
It is no secret that burnout is a huge problem for people in Early Childhood fields. This amazing book helped open my eyes to my own issues with self care and identify what matters most to me. This book is great for any educator looking to figure out how to care for themselves so they can show up as the people they want to be. It is a guidebook for living out our values.–without depleting ourselves. . It is a guide to replenish the soul and bring back the joy!
Aimee Klingler (verified owner) –
Great strategies for Early Childhood Educators
Kiley Dozier (verified owner) –
A great book for self care. I loved the layout and the different prompts.
Comm Action Head Start Disability Specialist Jodie Kainoa (verified owner) –
Great tools to work on self care.
Maranda Bish-Brown (verified owner) –
This is an incredible resource! I recommended it to many of my colleagues. Going through this workbook helped me shift my thinking and my habits in some ways that have greatly improved my well being and my ability to do my job well.
Ashley Johnson (verified owner) –
Valuable tool to use with so many teachers in my community.
Aurora De La Torre (verified owner) –
Great Strategies Can’t Wait To Share Them With the Educators I Coach 🙂
stormiautumn (verified owner) –
Fantastic book for ECE workers who tend to take care of and nuture those around them and forget to take care of self first, Great ideas in the book.
sueone (verified owner) –
Good book for self care.
JC (verified owner) –
Very nice worksheets.
Amber (verified owner) –
Excellent for older children to work through their thoughts and feelings.
breanna stoutenburgh (verified owner) –
This was a wonderful read to plan self-care, I read some excerpts to the parenting class that I facilitate. Everyone can benefit from filling their cup.
jodyparrish (verified owner) –
As a preschool classroom teacher coach I have been able to pull ideas and exercises from this book to share with educators to support their self-care efforts. I like being able to break it down for teachers so they can try a little bit at a time.
Kala Branson (verified owner) –
Caring for Self: A Workbook for Early Childhood Educator Well-being by Ingrid Anderson is a relatable and practical resource for early educators who often put everyone else’s needs before their own. The workbook is filled with reflective activities and simple strategies that help you think about your well-being in a meaningful way. Anderson’s compassionate tone makes it feel like you’re getting advice from a supportive friend who understands the challenges of teaching young children. It’s a great reminder that taking care of yourself isn’t just okay—it’s necessary to keep doing the work you love.
Lori Kaiser (verified owner) –
Every early educator needs this book!
Lori Waller (verified owner) –
All educators can find value but so can anyone interested in a healthy sense of self. Easily absorbed and kindly written.
JGodden (verified owner) –
I actually got this book for my coworkers and they love it!
ashleyjohnsonbend (verified owner) –
such a good book to share with my coworkers!
Kenzie Kihs (verified owner) –
Provided great tools and resources for educators- a great book for early learning coaches!
ben (verified owner) –
I like how this book has activities to complete. I feel like this method offers more of an opportunity for reflection than just reading a bunch of self-help/self-care advice.
Sarah Bright (verified owner) –
Wonderful read
Keirney Glenn-Barham (verified owner) –
This book has so much to take away and is formatted in a very usable way!
Traci Kennedy (verified owner) –
Can’t wait to share this will my teaching staff.
Blibertad (verified owner) –
Helpful context reflecting on our roles and how to care for ourselves in our professional and personal lives.
Felicity Pittman (verified owner) –
This book contains many ideas to help with mental health. It has worksheets that can be used as assessment tools.
mascheri (verified owner) –
Enjoyed the ideas in this book!
nreid@communityservices.us (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful workbook. I ended up ordering from Red Leaf Press to give to all the teachers in my program.
Katelyn Jackson (verified owner) –
Very helpful for self reflection
stacierdriscoll (verified owner) –
I enjoyed that there are places in the workbook to write your own note. It was very insightful
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Ainslee Pressly (verified owner) –
This book is a wonderful resource for early childhood educators. It provides great statistics and practical information about ways that we can care for ourselves while caring for children.
Heather Duering (verified owner) –
A great tool for anyone working in Early Childhood Education.
italianrn (verified owner) –
I ordered this book to read/skim through quickly and then planned to give it to another home visiting program. I did eventually part with it! We had been discussing how much we care for our home visiting clients and we need to extend that to ourselves.
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