Creating Emotionally Safe Schools

Author : Jane Bluestein
Publisher : Health Communications Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1558748148

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Creating Emotionally Safe Schools by Jane Bluestein Pdf

Something is terribly wrong with our schools. How did a place that should be a sanctuary for kids becomes a source of fear and intimidation? What has happened? In Creating Emotionally Safe Schools, Jane Bluestein offers a plan to return schools to havens of nurturing and learning. She examines environmental, historical, developmental, psychological, sociological, interpersonal, instructional and administrative factors that contribute to the emotional climate of an educational institution. This is a comprehensive view of what makes a school feel the way it feels, and what we can do to make it feel safe for every child—and every adult—who walks through its doors. Emotional safety has many dimensions, such as: the impact of the family and early development, childhood stress and coping, the changing role of the school, acceptance and emotional support, respect and belonging, temperament and labels, gangs and violence, instructional strategies, learning styles and multiple intelligences, teacher training and support, and the inherent need for a sense of community. The message Jane Bluestein brings is positive: information, programs and solutions are available that can ultimately make our schools inviting, inspiring, and, yes—safe. Includes: Comprehensive list of references and resources Complete index

Author : Jane Bluestein
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1417700475

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Creating Emotionally Safe Schools by Jane Bluestein Pdf

Examines the factors that contribute to the emotional safety of schools.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Juvenile delinquency
ISBN : MINN:31951D003793948

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Early Warning, Timely Response by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dorothy M. Steele,Becki Cohn-Vargas
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781452230900

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Identity Safe Classrooms by Dorothy M. Steele,Becki Cohn-Vargas Pdf

This practitioner-focused guide to creating identity-safe classrooms presents four categories of core instructional practices: Child-centered teaching ; Classroom relationships ; Caring environments ; Cultivating diversity. The book presents a set of strategies that can be implemented immediately by teachers. It includes a wealth of vignettes taken from identity-safe classrooms as well as reflective exercises that can be completed by individual teachers or teacher teams.

Author : Becki Cohn-Vargas,Alexandrea Creer Kahn,Amy Epstein,Kathe Gogolewski
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071835807

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Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools by Becki Cohn-Vargas,Alexandrea Creer Kahn,Amy Epstein,Kathe Gogolewski Pdf

Lead an identity safe learning community where students of all backgrounds thrive Students of all backgrounds reach their full potential when they feel a sense of belonging and inclusion. When their social identities are valued as assets rather than barriers to learning, they flourish. This guide provides evidence-based strategies that support you as a leader in creating an environment that promotes identity safe students, who experience a challenging curriculum that respects their diverse social identities. Features in the book include: Guiding principles for student voice, equalizing status and cultivating acceptance across race, ethnicity, gender and other differences Ideas and examples for anti-racist dialogue and activities for teachers and students that counter colorblind practices, stereotype threat and biases Vignettes, and examples of identity safe practices for students and adult learning for staff, families and the community Systems for student-centered assessment and data collection Resources for developing equitable school policies and a comprehensive identity safety plan for your school Educators fulfill the promise of an equitable education when students of all backgrounds know that who they are and what they think matters. Start the journey to become an identity safe school and see the results for yourself! “Belonging and Inclusion in Identity Safe Schools: A Guide for Educational Leaders is a timely and important book. For several years, the nation′s schools have been asked to focus their energies on raising student achievement. However, too often educators have ignored the need to honor, support and affirm the identities of the students they serve. For educators who serve children of color, particularly Black, Native American and Latinx children who are often subject to overt and covert forms of forced assimilation, this book will be an invaluable resource on how to create learning opportunities that make it possible for such children to thrive.” ~Pedro Noguera, Dean of Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California “Bravo to authors Cohn-Vargas, Gogolewski, Creer Kahn, and Epstein for their ground-breaking book on Identify Safe Schools for Administrators and Teacher and Staff Leaders! They provide much-needed evidence for educators to elevate and even inspire the equity, empowerment, and academic growth needed to wholly support all children to flourish in school and their lives.” ~Debbie Zacarian, Director, Zacarian and Associates

Author : David Osher,Deborah Moroney,Sandra L. Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Community and school
ISBN : 1682532631

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Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools by David Osher,Deborah Moroney,Sandra L. Williamson Pdf

Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools brings together the collective wisdom of more than thirty experts from a variety of fields to show how school leaders can create communities that support the social, emotional, and academic needs of all students. It offers an essential guide for making sense of the myriad frameworks, resources, and tools available to create a continuous improvement system. Filled with recommendations gleaned from research and ongoing work in every US state and territory, this book is a critical resource for understanding and adopting evidence-based practices and making programmatic decisions to ensure the ideal conditions for learning, growth, and development. "Creating Safe, Equitable, Engaging Schools is an essential read for teachers, principals, district leaders, and organizations that work with schools to create challenging and supportive environments for all students." --Paul Cruz, superintendent, Austin Independent School District "Osher and colleagues not only connect the dots between big ideas--deeper learning, trauma, social and emotional learning, evidence-based programs, comprehensive community planning--but they model the continuous improvement approach in the way ideas are ordered across and within the chapters. This is a masterful volume: comprehensive, accessible, and way overdue." --Karen J. Pittman, cofounder, president and CEO, The Forum for Youth Investment "This book provides a very usable road map for creating safe, healthy, equitable, and caring schools. The editors and contributors successfully integrate research, practice, and policy to help educators develop and implement effective and sustainable models to nurture caring schools that all children and educators deserve." --Mark T. Greenberg, Bennett Chair of Prevention Research, Pennsylvania State University David Osher is vice president and an institute fellow at American Institutes for Research. Deborah Moroney is a managing director at American Institutes for Research and is director of the youth development and supportive learning environments practice area. Sandra Williamson is a vice president for policy, practice, and systems change at American Institutes for Research.

Author : Michael L. Sulkowski,Philip J. Lazarus
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317816256

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Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students' Mental Health by Michael L. Sulkowski,Philip J. Lazarus Pdf

Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students’ Mental Health provides pre- and in-service educators with the tools they need to prevent, pre-empt, handle, and recover from threats to students’ mental health. School safety and fostering a supportive learning environment have always been issues fundamental to educators. Over the last decade, teachers and administrators have been called on more than ever to cope with bullying, suicide, and violence in their schools. Handling every stage of this diverse set of obstacles can be unwieldy for teachers and administrators alike. Framed with interviews from experts on each of the topics, and including practical and applicable examples, this volume draws together the work of top-tier school psychologists into a text designed to work with existing school structures and curricula to make schools safer. A comprehensive and multi-faceted resource, this book integrates leading research with the well-respected Framework for Safe and Successful Schools to help educators support school safety, crisis management, and students' mental health. Featuring interviews with: Dewey G. Cornell, Frank DeAngelis, Beth Doll, Kevin Dwyer, Katie Eklund, Maurice J. Elias, Michele Gay, Ross W. Greene, Rob Horner, Jane Lazarus, Richard Lieberman, Troy Loker, Melissa A. Louvar-Reeves, Terry Molony, Shamika Patton, Donna Poland, Scott Poland, Eric Rossen, Susan M. Swearer, Ken Trump, and Frank Zenere.

Author : Kristin Souers,Pete Hall
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416621102

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Fostering Resilient Learners by Kristin Souers,Pete Hall Pdf

In this galvanizing book for all educators, Kristin Souers and Pete Hall explore an urgent and growing issue--childhood trauma--and its profound effect on learning and teaching. Grounded in research and the authors' experience working with trauma-affected students and their teachers, Fostering Resilient Learners will help you cultivate a trauma-sensitive learning environment for students across all content areas, grade levels, and educational settings. The authors--a mental health therapist and a veteran principal--provide proven, reliable strategies to help you * Understand what trauma is and how it hinders the learning, motivation, and success of all students in the classroom. * Build strong relationships and create a safe space to enable students to learn at high levels. * Adopt a strengths-based approach that leads you to recalibrate how you view destructive student behaviors and to perceive what students need to break negative cycles. * Head off frustration and burnout with essential self-care techniques that will help you and your students flourish. Each chapter also includes questions and exercises to encourage reflection and extension of the ideas in this book. As an educator, you face the impact of trauma in the classroom every day. Let this book be your guide to seeking solutions rather than dwelling on problems, to building relationships that allow students to grow, thrive, and--most assuredly--learn at high levels.

Author : Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,Rachelle S. Savitz
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807761472

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Teaching Hope and Resilience for Students Experiencing Trauma by Douglas Fisher,Nancy Frey,Rachelle S. Savitz Pdf

Huge numbers of our students are caught in storms of trauma—whether stemming from abuse, homelessness, poverty, discrimination, violent neighborhoods, or fears of school shootings or family deportations. This practical book focuses on actions that teachers can take to facilitate learning for these students. Identifying positive, connected teacher–student relationships as foundational, the authors offer direction for creating an emotionally safe classroom environment in which students find a refuge from trauma and a space in which to process events. The text shows how social and emotional learning can be woven into the school day; how literacies can be used to help students see a path through challenges; how to empower learners through debate, civic action, and service learning; and how to use the vital nature of the school community as an agent of change. This book will serve as a roadmap for creating uniformly consistent and excellent classrooms and schools that better serve children who experience trauma in their lives. Book Features: Makes a clear case for the need and responsibility of schools to equip students with tools to learn despite the trauma in their lives. Shows practical classroom instructional and curricular interactions that address trauma while advancing student academic learning. Uses literacy and civic action as pathways to empowerment. Provides a method and tools for developing a coherent plan for creating a trauma-sensitive school.

Author : Marc A Brackett,Janet Pickard Kremenitzer
Publisher : National Professional Resources Inc./Dude Publishing
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 1934032182

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Creating Emotionally Literate Classrooms by Marc A Brackett,Janet Pickard Kremenitzer Pdf

A research-based, field-tested program that enhances academic achievement and social competence with developmentally appropriate lessons that are integrated across the curriculum for K-5. The methodology accommodates all learning styles, with six concrete "how to" steps for quick and easy implementation. It also comes with the reproducible materials for student use, as well as supporting teacher materials.

Author : William W. Purkey,John M. Novak,Joan R. Fretz
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807779255

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Developing Inviting Schools by William W. Purkey,John M. Novak,Joan R. Fretz Pdf

Over 400 schools throughout the world have adopted Invitational Education to foster innovative thinking, sustained positive action, and the creation of socially and emotionally safe schools. As educators are now involved in an epic rethinking of what they do and how they do it, Developing Inviting Schools provides a dependable guide for improvement. Written by two of the creators of the Inviting Schools movement—Purkey and Novak—along with Joan Fretz who works with public schools, this book updates and extends the construct of invitational learning to assist today’s teachers and leaders. The authors present a simple, but not simplistic framework that offers real-life responses to such challenges as faculty morale, school safety, conflict management, community involvement, student behavior, motivation, and school success. Use this resource to create, sustain, and enhance the social and emotional climate of your school. Book Features: A defensible theory of practice based on the community values of intentional care, respect, trust, and optimism.A deep dive into the basic assumptions that guide life in schools. Guidance for developing and maintaining positive school climate initiatives.Practical examples of how Invitational Education works in real-life situations.A fresh and innovative approach to a positive social and emotional learning environment.

Author : Richard Midford,Georgie Nutton,Brendon Hyndman,Sven Silburn
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811539596

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Health and Education Interdependence by Richard Midford,Georgie Nutton,Brendon Hyndman,Sven Silburn Pdf

This book explores the interdependence of health and education, and how optimising this important relationship provides the foundation for achieving improved life outcomes from birth into adulthood. Adopting a multi-disciplinary approach, it draws on bio-medical, epidemiological, educational, psychological and economic evidence to demonstrate the benefits of the reflexive, positive associations between good health and educational attainment over the life course. In this, it offers readers insights into the complex nature of the nexus between health and education and how this relationship influences development. Health and Education Interdependence: Thriving from Birth to Adulthood is essential reading for education and health researchers and policymakers, teachers and public health and health promotion practitioners, as well as students studying in these fields.

Author : Jeffrey Richard Sprague,Hill M. Walker
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1593851057

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Safe and Healthy Schools by Jeffrey Richard Sprague,Hill M. Walker Pdf

A hands-on resource for practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing a comprehensive school safety plan. Moving from needs assessment to implementation and evaluation, chapters describe research-based strategies that are readily applicable in K-12 settings. Special features include reproducible checklists and other planning tools. Described are proven ways to: create a low-crime environment, identify and support high-risk students, reduce bullying and harassment, improve the schoolwide disciplinary system, and draw on community resources for change.

Author : Maurice J. Elias
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Affective education
ISBN : 9780871202888

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Promoting Social and Emotional Learning by Maurice J. Elias Pdf

The authors draw upon scientific studies, theories, site visits, nd their own extensive experiences to describe approaches to social and emotional learning for all levels.

Author : Eileen A. Dombo,Christine Anlauf Sabatino
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190873820

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Creating Trauma-Informed Schools by Eileen A. Dombo,Christine Anlauf Sabatino Pdf

Children in all educational levels are vulnerable to abuse, neglect, bullying, violence in their homes and neighborhoods, and other traumatic life events; research shows that upwards of 70% of children in schools report experiencing at least one traumatic event before age 16. Though school social workers are on the front lines of service delivery through their work with children who face social and emotional struggles in the pursuit of education, there are scant resources to assist them in the creation of trauma-informed schools. This book presents an overview of the impact of trauma on children and adolescents, as well as interventions for direct practice and collaboration with teachers, families, and communities. Social work practitioners and students will learn distinct examples of how to implement the ten principles of trauma-informed services in their schools; provide students with trauma-informed care that is grounded in the principles of safety, connection, and emotional regulation; and develop beneficial skills for self-care in their work.