ABSTRACT

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.

chapter 1|20 pages

The Evolving Role of Educators

chapter 2|22 pages

Safe and Supportive Schools

chapter 4|14 pages

The Promise of Social-Emotional Learning

chapter 7|24 pages

School Climate and Social Supports

chapter 8|26 pages

School Connectedness and Engagement

chapter 9|16 pages

Positive Psychology

chapter |2 pages

PART IV Improving Student Behavior

chapter 10|14 pages

School-wide Positive Behavior Supports

chapter 11|20 pages

Effective Behavior Management Strategies

chapter 12|20 pages

Bullying Prevention and Intervention

chapter 13|19 pages

Childhood Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

chapter 14|19 pages

Highly Vulnerable Student Populations

chapter 15|24 pages

Threat Assessment and Violence Prevention

chapter 17|22 pages

School Crisis Prevention

chapter 18|31 pages

School Crisis Intervention

chapter |2 pages

Afterword

chapter |2 pages

About the Authors

chapter |3 pages

About the Experts