Nonviolent Communication in Daycare

Educational

Barbara Leitner

Junfermann Verlag

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200 pages

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Building Appreciative Relationships with Parents, Children, the Team and Yourself

Emancipatory and socially critical at the same time.

The quality of relationships and the way people interact largely determine the quality of work in a daycare centre. That is why it matters to find a positive attitude towards oneself and others, and a language that serves this quality. Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication (NVC) lends itself to this.

The book looks at the different kinds of relationships in daily daycare life: within the team, with the children, with the parents and with oneself. Numerous exercises and stories from practice help to put NVC knowledge into practice and live it.

Marshall Rosenberg saw two closely linked challenges: freeing ourselves and those around us from the violence in our language and thinking, and changing the power structures that conditioned us in the first place. This book sets out to accompany early-years professionals on that path.

Also available as an audiobook (June 2026).

Barbara Leitner

Barbara Leitner is a process facilitator, trainer and coach. She worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, covering among other subjects education and pedagogy. She has been giving seminars in Nonviolent Communication since 2008. Her book Nonviolent Communication in Daycare (Junfermann, 2020) brings Marshall Rosenberg's approach into the daily life of daycare centres, with exercises and stories from practice.

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