This course describes 6 major entry challenges the child encounters, and specifies strategies the teacher can use to help these adjustments along.
Starting school is a big step for young children—and their parents. A child's first school experience often brings emotional, social, and behavioral challenges that require patience, empathy, and skilled support. This course identifies six key adjustment hurdles children commonly face during this transition, such as separation anxiety, difficulty following routines, or trouble engaging with peers.
Educators play a vital role in easing these early struggles. Through practical, research-based strategies, this course equips teachers with the tools to guide children through a smoother, more confident entry into school life. With the right approach, early school experiences can become positive foundations for future learning.
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: Carl E. Pickhardt Ph.D. 3311 Bryker Drive, Austin, Texas 78703 (512) 452 – 4543 pickhardts@yahoo.com INTERNET • Website: www.carlpickhardt.com • Weekly blog: “Surviving (your child’s) Adolescence”, for PSYCHOLOGY TODAY. (over 10 million reads.) BOOKS: “WHO STOLE MY CHILD?”— Parenting through four stages of Adolescence, Central Recovery Press, 2018. SURVIVING YOUR CHILD’S ADOLESCENCE, Jossey-Bass/Wiley, 2013 BOOMERANG KIDS – Why our children are failing on their own, Sourcebooks, 2011 FACES –Illustrated limericks portraying people you may know. (author illustrations) Xlibris, 2010 WHY GOOD KIDS ACT CRUEL –The hidden truth about the pre-teen years, Sourcebooks, 2010 STOP THE SCREAMING –Turning conflict into positive communication, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 ANIMAL WAYS – Further field notes of a wildlife psychologist (author illustrations), Xlibris, 2008 THE FUTURE OF YOUR ONLY CHILD—Raising an only child, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 THE CONNECTED FATHER – Fathering adolescents, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 THE ART LOVER – about the love of art and the art of love (novel), iUniverse, 2006 THE HELPER’S APPRENTICE – The Jackson Skye Mysteries (novel), iUniverse, 2006 PSYMBOLS – Logos for the mind (author illustrations), Xlibris, 2005 EVERYTHING PARENT’S GUIDE TO CHILDREN AND DIVORCE, Adams Media, 2005 THE CURIOUS CREATURES (Children’s stories, author illustrations), Xlibris, 2004 THE MAN WHO WORSHIPPED BUTTERFLIES (humor, author illustrations), Xlibris, 2004 EVERYTHING PARENT’S GUIDE TO THE STRONG-WILLED CHILD, Adams Media, 2005 EVERYTHING PARENT’S GUIDE TO CHILDREN AND DIVORCE, Adams Media, 2004 FISH OF DREAMS—More field notes of a wildlife psychologist, (author illustrations), Xlibris, 2003 WILD BIRDS –Field notes of a wildlife psychologist (author illustrations), Xlibris, 2002 THE MEANING OF MASKS – A psychological journey (author illustrations), Xlibris, 2002 THE TROUT KING (novel), Bonneville Books, 2001; republished on Xlibris, 2005 ROMANSWERS (Romance and relationship questions and answers, AUSTIN 360), Xlibris, 2001 THE CASE OF THE SCARY DIVORCE (young adult novel), Magination Press, APA, 1997 KEYS TO DEVELOPING YOUR CHILD’S SELF-ESTEEM, BARRON’S, 2000 KEYS TO RAISING A DRUG-FREE CHILD, BARRONS, 1999 KEYS TO PARENTING THE ONLY CHILD, BARRON’S, 1997 KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL STEPFATHERING, BARRON’S, 1997, revised 2010 KEYS TO SINGLE PARENTING, BARRON’S, 1996 PARENTING THE TEENAGER, (Austin American Statesman columns), self-published, 1983 FROM CELL TO SOCIETY, (humor, author illustrations) HMCo, 1965, republished iUniverse.com , 2001 for the Authors Guild Backinprint.com Editions. *Some books in translation: Chinese, French, Arabic, Spanish, Korean.
