Health and Wellbeing in Childhood

Susanne Garvis is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education at Monash University, Victoria. Donna Pendergast is Dean and Head of the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Queensland.

Part I. Context: 1. The importance of health and wellbeing Donna Pendergast and Susanne Garvis; 2. Classifying health and wellbeing Jane McCormack and Sharynne McLeod; Part II. Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing: 3. Promoting healthy development and wellbeing Matthew Manning; 4. Communication development Jane McCormack, Sharynne McLeod and Linda J. Harrison; 5. Human movement and motor skills Benjamin J. Williams; 6. Sexual abuse prevention education Kerryann Walsh, Donna Berthelsen and Jan M. Nicholson; 7. Child safety Susanne Garvis and Donna Pendergast; 8. Social determinants of health and wellbeing Margaret Sims; 9. Friendships Maryanne Theobald, Susan Danby, Catherine Thompson and Karen Thorpe; 10. Food for thought Natalie Parletta; 11. Body image David Birbeck; Part III. Applications: 12. Social and emotional learning Wendi Beamish and Fiona Bryer; 13. Talking circles Jennifer Cartmel and Marilyn Casley; 14. Connecting with families Alison Elliott; 15. Image making as a way to build a sense of belonging and wellbeing Narelle Lemon; 16. Promoting wellbeing with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Susan L. Whatman; 17. Supporting resilience Andrea Nolan, Karen Stagnitti, Ann Taket and Siobhan Casey; 18. Settings-based health promotion Janet Dyment, Sherridan Emery, Theresa Doherty, Sue Moir, Mary Eckhardt and Sue Frendin; 19. Play materials Marjory Ebbeck, Hoi Yin Bonnie Yim and Lai Wan Maria Lee; 20. Bullying and social-emotional wellbeing Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett and Kay Bussey; 21. Strengthening social and emotional learning in children with special needs Wendi Beamish and Beth Saggers; Part IV. Leadership and Innovations: 22. Developing girls' leadership identity Nicole Archard, Romana Morda and Manjula Waniganayake; 23. Building the capacity of early childhood educators to promote children's mental health: learnings from three new programs Sarah Cavanagh, Jo Cole, Judy Kynaston, Kim-Michelle Gilson and Gavin Hazel; 24. The Sydney Playground Project: a playful approach to promoting health and wellbeing Shirley Wyver, Anita Bundy, Lina Engelen, Geraldine Naughton and Anita Nelson Niehues; 25. Contemplative practices for teaching, leadership and wellbeing Alison L. Black, Gillian Busch and Christine Woodrow.