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Developing safer schools and communities for our children : the interdisciplinary responsibility of our time / Betsy Gunzelmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gunzelmann, Betsy, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schools--United States--Safety measures.
- Schools.
- School crisis management--United States.
- School crisis management.
- School violence--United States--Prevention.
- School violence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (122 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- All children should feel safe and secure in their schools and communities.In today's society, children are dealing with the threat of violence in their schools and online, food insecurity, environmental risks, terrorism, and many other concerns that make them feel less safe.
- Contents:
- Ntroduction : why does violence occur? why do we have these safety issues?
- The critical need for safer climates for our children
- The interdisciplinary necessity and obligation
- The crucial research
- The parent, school, and agency perspectives
- Man-made potential disasters
- Natural disasters
- Sick society syndrome : the psychology of the darker side of our ailing society
- The fallout in the community
- The fallout to the individuals
- So now what?.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4758-0754-6
- 1-4758-0755-4
- OCLC:
- 903531592
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