Bluestein, Jane.
Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c2001.
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• Includes bibliographical references (p. 454-470) and index.
• Something is terribly wrong withour schools. How did a place that should be a sanctuary for kids becomes asource of fear and intimidation? What has happened? In Creating Emotionally Safe Schools, Jane Bluestein offers a plan to return schools to havens of nurturing and learning. She examines environmental, historical, developmental, psychological, sociological,interpersonal, instructional and administrative factors that contribute to the emotional climate of an educational institution. This is a comprehensive view of what makes a school feel the way it feels, and what we can do to make it feel safe for every child-and every adult-who walks through its doors. Emotional safety has many dimensions, such as: the impact of the family and early development, childhood stress and coping, the changing role of the school, acceptance and emotional support, respect and belonging, temperament and labels, gangs and violence, instructional strategies, learning styles and multiple intelligences, teacher training and support, and the inherent need for a sense of community. The message Jane Bluestein brings is positive: information, programs and solutions are available that can ultimately make our schools inviting, inspiring, and, yes-safe. Includes: Comprehensive list of references and resources. Complete index.
• Dimensions of a Very Big Picture — What Safety Is — Defining Emotional Safety — Safety for Adults in Schools — The Heart of the Matter: Feelings and School — Safety: It’s a Brain Thing — Learning and the Brain — Memory and Emotion — Fear, Stress and Learning — Stressful or Painful School Events, Experiences and Situations That Can Compromise Emotional Safety — Body and Mind — Movement and Learning — Turn It Up, Turn It Down — How We Look, What We See — Monsters in the Closet: Where Children Are Coming From — Monsters in the Closet — When the Cradle Falls — No, Really … I’m Fine : Coping and Compensating — Fight, Flight or Freeze — Taking Our Family Roles to School — Survival Behaviors in the Classroom — Over the Edge: A World of Violence — Violence in Kids’ Lives — That’s Entertainment — Bang, Bang! You’re Dead! — When Violence Happens in Schools: The Reactions — Brave New World: The Changing Role of the School — Rethinking Our Priorities — Testing, Testing — The Age of Connectedness — All Are Welcome Here: The Need for Community — Worth the Investment — Connecting in School — Logistical Issues: A Sizeable Question — The Power of Advocacy — Putting It All Together — All the King’s Horses — Snags in the Tapestry — The School as a Dysfunctional Family — Impression Management — Oversimplification — Reactivity — Scarcity Thinking and Negativity — Product vs. Process — Constructive Alternatives to Dysfunctional Patterns — More Welcome than Others: Discrimination and Belonging — One Fine Stew — Pretty and Popular — Stand by Me — Where Never Was Heard a Discouraging Word — How Does Your Garden Grow? More Diversity, More Discrimination — The Animal School: A Fable — When the Elevator Only Goes Down — Diversity 101: Lots of Ways to Learn — Is This Channel Open? — Personality and Temperament — How Are You Smart? — The Toolbox — Academic Safety: Learning and Success — Power, Success and the Freedom to Fail — How’m I Doing? Feedback and Assessment — Winners A

Subjects:

• Schools — United States — Safety measures.
• School environment — United States — Psychological aspects.

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