Get Inspired: Road Map to Careers Working with Children

Foreword

Section I Career Basics Working with Children 
Chapter 1 What is This Book About and How Can It Help Me? 
   Charla McKinzie Bishop
Chapter 2 Theories of Child Development 
   Melissa Duchene-Kelly
Chapter 3 Understanding Children with Special Educational Needs 
   Charla McKinzie Bishop
Chapter 4 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion When Working with Children 
   Charla McKinzie Bishop
Section II General Career Basics 
Chapter 5 Graduate School: Getting In and Getting Out! 
   Tyriesa Howard & Diane Placide
Chapter 6 Building an Effective Résumé for Child-Serving Careers 
   Darius Gwynn
Chapter 7 Interviewing Skills 
   Katrina S. Kardiasmenos
Chapter 8 Part I: Professional Dress: A Feminine Approach 
   Wendy M. Edmonds
   Part II: More Than Drip: Building Executive Presence, Authenticity, and Professional Readiness for Emerging Professionals (A Masculine Approach to Professional Dress) Cristophoros Allen Beck
Chapter 9 Professionalism and Time Management 
   Charla McKinzie Bishop
Chapter 10 Stress Management: Leveling Up While Managing Stress from College to Career 
   Leonna M. Davis
Chapter 11 Supervisors and Supervision: Building Professional Relationships for Career Success 
   Darius Gwynn
Chapter 12 Career Theory 
   Charla McKinzie Bishop
Chapter 13 Should I Apply for Internships? 
   Rosetta Price
Section III Teaching Pathways 
Chapter 14 Day Care/Early Childcare Education 
   Benita Gougisha & Charla McKinzie Bishop
Chapter 15 Teaching as a Profession 
   Lynne Long
Chapter 16 Coaching 
   Ed Powell, Thomasina Boardley & Charla McKinzie Bishop
Section IV Behavioral and Linguistic Specialists 
Chapter 17 Registered Behavior Technicians: Foundations, Practice, and Professional Identity 
   Melissa Duchene-Kelly, Ronald Drummond & Toyin Shekoni
Chapter 18 Occupational Therapy 
   Kim W. Sands
Chapter 19 Child Life Specialists 
   Kandace Younger & Rachel Jones
Chapter 20 Speech-Language Pathology 
   Tiffany C. Gurley Nettles
Section V Child Mental Health and Welfare 
Chapter 21 Healing Through Creativity: Careers in Expressive Therapies with Children 
   Lindsey Vance
Chapter 22 Counseling as a Profession: Helping People Thrive 
   Keyona S. Thomas
Chapter 23 Social Work/Child Welfare 
   Tyriesa Howard & Darius Gwynn
Chapter 24 Road Map to a Career as a School Psychology Professional 
   Kimberly M. Daniel
Chapter 25 The Historical Emergence of Marriage and Family Therapy in the United States  
   Emory Perkins
Chapter 26 Child Psychology 
   Kimberly Derrickson-Epps
Chapter 27 Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 
   Dominique Neptune
Section VI Applied Social Science Jobs 
Chapter 28 Forensic Psychology Applied to Youth Populations 
   Cyndie M. Buckson
Chapter 29 Family Law 
   Sharon Theodore-Lewis
Chapter 30 Careers Involving Research and Grants 
   Christopher D. Hill
Chapter 31 Applied Social Sciences 
   Charla McKinzie Bishop & Tyriesa Howard
Chapter 32 Becoming a Professor 
   Deborah Harris O’Brien
Section VII Careers in Medicine 
Chapter 33 Pediatric Nursing 
   Sharon Wilks
Chapter 34 Pediatric Medicine 
   Anita Clarice Robinson Jenkins
Section VIII The Arts 
Chapter 35 Librarian Sciences 
   Tamika L. Sanders
Chapter 36 Theatre for Young Audiences 
   Elena Velasco
Chapter 37 Dance Instruction 
   Jennifer Dorsey
Chapter 38 Children’s Literature 
   Jamaad Gould & Tiffany Semmons
Chapter 39 Teaching Music to Children 
   Brittany Chanell Johnson
Chapter 40 Teaching Visual Arts 
   Anne Michael

Ending Thoughts 
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