Reaching and teaching stressed and anxious learners in grades 4-8 : strategies for relieving distress and trauma in schools and classrooms / Barbara E. Oehlberg ; cover designer, Scott Van Atta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oehlberg, Barbara, 1932- author.

Contributor:

Atta, Scott Van, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill children--Education (Elementary).

Mentally ill children.

Mentally ill children--Education (Middle school).

Stress in children--Treatment.

Stress in children.

Anxiety in children--Treatment.

Anxiety in children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trauma and stress can interfere with students' cognitive skills. Discover how classroom activities can be used to restore feelings of safety, empowerment, and well-being.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Publisher�s Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction: Children Haven�t Changed; Childhood Has""; ""Glossary: The Vocabulary of Anxiety, Stress, and Trauma""; ""Part I - Brain Changes and How They Affect Student Behaviors and Learning""; ""Chapter 1 - The Impact of Losses and Stress on the Student�s Mind and Body""; ""Losses""; ""Stress""; ""When Traumatic Memories are Triggered""; ""Cognitive Lockout""; ""Interventions are Possible""

""Chapter 2 - Regaining Cognitive Access: The Process of Transforming Stress and the Sense of Helplessness""""Transforming Perceptions of Helplessness""; ""Strengthening Self-Regulation""; ""Part II - Activities for Transforming the Helplessness Generated by Stress and Fear""; ""Chapter 3 - Language Arts: Creative Writing and Journaling""; ""Topics for Creative Writing and Journaling""; ""Issues of Loss and being Lost or Invisible""; ""Issues of Rejection or being Excluded""; ""Issues of Brokenness, Helplessness, or Futurelessness""; ""Issues of Betrayal or Broken Promises""

""Issues of Emotional Intelligence (Dealing with Feelings)""""Issues of Hope, Empowerment, and Healing""; ""Debating Points and Issues""; ""Prose and Poetry""; ""Integrating Art and Creative Writing into Core Curriculum Areas: Combining Art and Literary Themes That Can be Applied to Core Curriculum Subjects""; ""Ad Campaigns""; ""Comic Books""; ""Mandalas""; ""Chapter 4 - Social Studies and History: Creative Topics""; ""Historical Cartoons and Storyboards""; ""Fictional Comic Books about Historical Characters""; ""Artistic Media Projects for History or Social Studies""

""Creating Scripts for Hypothetical Radio Interviews""""Writing Radio Scripts for “What if . . .� Programs""; ""Creating Public Service Announcements""; ""Chapter 5 - Character Education""; ""Internal Strengths: Emotional Intelligence""; ""A Classroom Directory of Feelings and Emotions""; ""A Feelings Mural: Addressing all Feelings""; ""A Box of Respect: Addressing Self-Acceptance, Self-Respect, and the Ability to Respect and Empathize with Others""; ""The Iceberg Project: Addressing Issues of Respect, Empathy, and Trust""

""Letters to Hurts: Addressing Empathy, Compassion, Courage, Anger Issues, Foregiveness, and Generosity""""Drawing a Dream: Addressing Issues of Anger, Work Ethic, Forgiveness, and Hopelessness""; ""Facing Fears: Addressing Fears, Courage, Anger, and the Ability to Overcome""; ""Playground Charters: Addressing Issues of Leadership, Integrity, Conflict, Hopefulness, and Justice""; ""Where are the Heroes?""; ""Issues of Emotional Honesty, Leadership, Risky Behaviors, and Choices""; ""Honoring Strengths with a Character Wall""; ""The Character Board Game""; ""Physical Strengths""

""Internal Capacities for Self-Regulation and Stress Management""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781483361741

1483361748

9781483363912

1483363910

OCLC:

923707266