
RESILIENT PRESCHOOLS: Resilience and Wellbeing in preschool education to prevent emotional, social and behavioural problems
The period of early childhood is a critical era for children and opts many opportunities for the development of their physical, cognitive, emotional and social skills, all of whom will constitute the solid foundation for their lifelong development as individuals (Ross et al., 1999). Early intervention programmes for young children, should not only focus on how to prevent or contain issues and dysfunctional behaviors, but to how also adequately equip children with skills and the necessary tools that will enable them to flourish and thrive; at every level and every milestone of their lifelong journey to self-fulfillment and self-development. Positive Psychology approaches call for an emphasis on the positive aspects of life and less focus on trauma and dysfunctionality. In Educational settings, Positive Education and PERMA Model, capacitate Educators on…