{"product_id":"creating-schools-that-heal_9780807774632","title":"Creating Schools that Heal","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a world where children are beset by violence and stress, Lesley Koplow provides educators with clear, level-headed advice on how to construct therapeutic learning environments for all children. This is a book about integrating \u003cb\u003epreventive mental health\u003c\/b\u003e practice into public schools (preschool through grade 5). Koplow, a psychotherapist, discusses the mandate for violence prevention and offers an intervention framework for teachers, administrators, and school-based clinicians who want to improve the emotional climate in their school. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important and timely volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHelps educators read the signs of distress or problematic social\/emotional development as they are likely to manifest themselves in the school setting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduces a practice model that calls for strengthened teacher-child connections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddresses, in separate chapters, the roles of the teacher, principal, and school-based clinician, providing guidance and effective strategies for each.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates that interventions can be done effectively by existing school personnel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes a project to facilitate teacher gathering of psycho-social history that can be used to inform constructive curricular practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePoses compelling questions for policymakers, including concerns about the effect that the current focus on standards and test scores is having on the emotional tone of schools.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a chapter addressing what we’ve learned from the recent tragic events of September 11th in New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Lesley Koplow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43037259333734,"sku":"9780807774632","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/4051\/5174\/files\/9780807774632.jpg?v=1771608193","url":"https:\/\/www.tcpress.com\/products\/creating-schools-that-heal_9780807774632","provider":"Teachers College Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}