Usage, Reviews, Comments
To date, over 400 copies of For Goodness Sake have been sold to a variety of community programs and services such as licensed child care programs, municipalities, public health departments, Boards of Education, Ontario Early Years Centres and agencies serving children with special needs and their families.
Recent feedback from licensed child care programs that have completed For Goodness Sake indicate they liked the step-by-step design of the training resource. Overall, supervisors of participating programs have noticed the tool has had a positive impact on staff.
The modules on observing behaviour, goal-setting and teaching strategies such as developing pro-social skills, improving co-operation and increasing motivation and engagement were deemed particularly useful by Early Childhood Educators.
“We have seen a great difference in the targetted children. This training resource raises awareness of families and increases willingness of staff. It has impacted all the children because the teachers have more time for everyone now that challenging behaviours have decreased.”
Angela Dauda, Program Manager, St. Matthew’s Children’s Centre located in a high-need area of Hamilton.“This valuable and user-friendly tool responds to the constant requests from the early learning and child care community for resources to support them in guiding children’s behaviour.”
Wanda St. Francois, Executive Director at ASCY.“Staff feel more confident in their observation skills and use For Goodness Sake as a reference.”
Shannon Murphy, Niwasa Head Start Early Learning and Care Centre."As we deepen our understanding about the critical importance of rich learning experiences for children from zero to seven years old, we are recognizing the powerful value in improving our understanding of the impact of children's behaviour on their growth. For Goodness Sake is a marvelous learning tool for educators and teachers that will enrich anyone's knowledge about how children behave and why they behave the way they do.”
Martin Keast, President School Division, Pearson Education Canada