Your Anxious Child: How Parents and Teachers Can Relieve Anxiety in Children

About John S. DaceyLisa B. FioreMartha D. Mack

John S. Dacey is Professor Emeritus in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College USA. He is the author of 14 books on anxiety creativity and human development including Understanding Creativity: The Interplay of Biological Psychological and Social Factors (1998) and The Nurturing Parent: How to Raise Creative Loving Responsible Children (1992). He also has a small practice as a licensed psychotherapist and frequently does workshops on the subjects of creative problem solving dealing with emotional problems in the classroom post-traumatic stress in the fire station and social and emotional learning. Martha D. Mackis the former Early Childhood Director of the Nauset Integrated Preschool Program Cape Cod USA and has been working in Early Childhood Education for 35 years. She has developed programs for preschoolers with and without disabilities in schools and is involved with research that supports a developmentally appropriate preschool curriculum promoting socio-dramatic play self-regulation and executive functioning through the teaching of literacy and mathematics. Lisa B. Fiore is Dean of Faculty and Professor of Education at Lesley University USA. She is the author of several books on assessment and early childhood education including Assessment of Young Children: A Collaborative Approach (2012) and LifeSmart: Exploring Human Development (2011). Her current research interests include social-emotional learning and development mindfulness in education and recognizing ordinary teaching moments as contemplative practice.