7 Dimensions, Jean Annan, PhD
7 Dimensions: Children’s Emotional Well-being by Jean Annan, PhD
Mary Egan Publishing, November 2022, RRP: $39.00
We all want the best for the children we nurture and teach. We want our children to know that they matter and that it is good to be them.
However, we are regularly bombarded by a sea of disparate and often-conflicting information about emotional well-being. Making decisions about supporting children can, at times, feel like guesswork.
How do we recognise the key components of children’s emotional experience?
How does support in one aspect of well-being impact other aspects?
7 Dimensions: Children’s Emotional Well-being introduces a framework designed to help adults make simple sense of the plethora of information available about young people’s feelings, thoughts and ways of responding.
Based on up-to-date neuroscience and the positive, interactive approaches that are supported by brain research, the 7 Dimensions framework offers a way to support the emotional well-being of children in their everyday environments, including those who experience significant challenges. Concepts and practices are presented through the book in ways that demonstrate the framework’s relevance to a wide range of education practitioners’ work, including that of teachers, counsellors and psychologists.
Although examples in the book are from the school environment, the 7 Dimensions’ principles are equally relevant for parenting.
Dr Jean Annan’s 7 Dimensions: Children’s Emotional Well-being reflects the multiple perspectives she has encountered on children’s development through her broad experience with young people. She has worked as an educational psychologist, university lecturer, researcher, teacher, leader and systems facilitator in educational settings.
In recent times, Dr Annan has supported school staff to integrate positive psychological practices into their everyday school programmes. This facilitation has focused on the integration of pro-active, nurturing practices designed for all children as well as the establishment of additional support for those young people who are in most urgent need.
7 Dimensions: Children’s Emotional Well-being builds on Dr Annan’s diverse publications in professional journals and books, the underlying theme of which has been the notion that if complex situations are rendered meaningful, they are easier to manage and positively redirect.
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