Working with troubled youth in schools : a guide for all school staff / edited by Garrett McAuliffe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McAuliffe, Garrett.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth with social disabilities--Education--United States.

Youth with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The challenge of preventing and coping with violence and other psychosocial problems among youth is the inspiration for this work, which offers both a conceptual foundation and a practical guide for helping troubled youth in schools. The book is meant to be a guide for practicing school staff. It is intended to be either immediately useful, or to be a stimulus for longer-range plans. All chapters are written by veterans of school systems who are or have been principals, special education directors, directors of guidance, school counselors, school psychologists, teachers, and school social workers. The topics range from a call for socially critical leadership from school administrators to moment-to-moment suggestions for interactions with students.Two sets of words echo throughout this book: prevent and connect . Prevention, not only reaction, is necessary if schools are to assist troubled youth, and in order to do the best job possible, school staff members must connect not only with students, but with the students' families and the community at large, as well as other school colleagues. Part I presents the big pictures and helps readers to re-think current conceptions of the work of schools in the psychosocial development of youth. Part II provides complementary chapters with descriptions and illustrations of effective practices for meeting the learning needs of troubled youth. Armed with the inspiration and the applications of this book, school professionals will be able to get to work immediately on fulfilling all students' promise, as well as their own as professionals.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

I Conceptual Foundations for Work with Troubled Youth

1 Making the Circle Large: Enacting Intentional Efforts at Personal- Social Development through Schooling

2 Academic and Behavioral Support for Troubled Youth: Time for the Twain to Meet

3 Reaching Potentially Violent Youth in Schools: A Guide to Collaborative Assessment, Alertness, Atmosphere, and Accountability

4 The Dynamic Interaction between Students and the School Environment: An Ecological Approach to Aggression

5 Creating Home- School Connections: Opportunities and Barriers

6 Using Multiple Perspectives to Construct Schools for Troubled Youth

II Specific Programs for Work with Troubled Youth in Schools

7 Student Assistance Programs: Accessing Troubled Students' Worlds

8 The Birth and Growth of a Student Assistance Program: A Case Study

9 Educating Troubled Youth in Alternative Settings

10 Creating Computerized Communication Linkages with Parents: The Future Is Now

11 Bridging the Separation of Church and School through the "Faith in School" Project

12 Creating a Character to Promote Good Character in Youth: A Model Program

Index

About the Editor and Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216038818

9786610927944

9781280927942

1280927941

9780313011467

031301146X

OCLC:

232161598