Why students underachieve : what educators and parents can do about it / Regalena Melrose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Melrose, Regalena, 1970-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill children--Education.

Mentally ill children.

Problem children--Education.

Problem children.

Learning, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

xii, 233 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2006.

Summary:

Why Students Underachieve: What Educators and Parents Can Do about It is a timely response to the research findings of the last decade. It focuses on the need to understand how prevalent trauma is in the lives of our students and how it impacts the brain, subsequent learning, and behavior. This book also details what educators can do not only to prevent further harm to our students, but also to intervene in ways to provide a promising future.

Why Students Underachieve: Discusses the problem in education as it relates to trauma and children, Explains how trauma has a specific impact on the brain and nervous system and how this impact is related to both learning and common behavior problems, Presents interventions for students who have been traumatized, Details concrete tools that can be readily used in classrooms and school offices to promote success across academic and behavioral domains, Suggests ways to prevent traumatization in the event of a crisis at school or in the community. A critique of current crisis intervention practices, as well as an alternative approach, is also presented.

Contents:

Part I Misunderstood 1

1 Barriers to Learning 3

2 Traumatized and Misunderstood 19

3 Filling in the Gaps 35

Part II Trauma and the Brain 45

4 Trauma 47

5 Trauma and the Brain 66

Part III Tools for Turbulent Times 87

6 "Resourcing" (a Verb): What Schools Can Do to Intervene Effectively with Traumatized Students 89

7 Tools for Tolerance 106

8 Understanding and Intervening with Emotionally Disturbed Students 130

9 Self-Regulation Therapy 155

Part IV Prevention of Traumatization 167

10 Crisis Intervention: A Critique 169

11 First, Do No Harm: Psychophysiological First Aid 183

12 Final Words: Implications for the Future of Education 206

Appendix A Idea Categories 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-231).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1578864399

1578864402

OCLC:

64289079

Publisher Number:

9781578864393 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781578864409 (pbk. : alk. paper)