Record details

• ISBN: 0761946705 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xii, 143 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
• Edition: Updated ed.
• Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2003.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Supporting education program.

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-138) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Resiliency Defined -- The Emergence of Resiliency -- The Purpose of This Book -- Changing Attitudes -- Risk Research Versus Resiliency -- Adults in the Resiliency Literature -- Resiliency and Protective Factors Defined -- Profile of a Resilient Person -- Six Steps to Fostering Resiliency -- Using the Resiliency Wheel -- Resiliency as a Process -- How Schools Foster Resiliency in Students -- Relationships and Resiliency Building -- Barriers to Resiliency Building for Students -- Resiliency-Building Classrooms -- Applying the Six Steps of the Resiliency Wheel in Schools -- Connecting Resiliency Building and Academic Achievement -- Resilient Students Need Resilient Educators -- Educators as Role Models -- Factors That Inhibit Resiliency Among Educators -- Improving Educator Resiliency -- Educators and the Six Resiliency-Building Factors -- Resilient Educators -- Characteristics of Resiliency-Building Schools -- Resilient Students and Educators Need Resiliency-Building Schools -- Factors That Inhibit the Development of Resiliency-Building Schools -- Profiles of Resiliency-Building Schools -- Schools and the Six Resiliency-Building Factors -- Changing Schools to Build Resiliency -- Understanding the Status Quo and Deciding What to Change: Assessment, Agreement, and Setting a Course of Action -- Changing the Situation Positively: Intervention, Evaluation, and Ongoing Approaches -- The Change Process in Action -- The Albuquerque Public Schools Early Opportunities Project -- Initiating Resiliency-Focused Change in Your School: Determining Readiness -- Initial Information Sharing -- The Assessment -- The Agreement -- Setting a Course of Action -- The Intervention Process -- Evaluation -- Ongoing Approaches -- Resiliency Building in Practice -- School Vision and Mission Statements -- Resiliency-Building Approaches to Discipline -- Incentive Programs for All Students -- A Caring Approach to Health-Compromising Discipline Violations -- Conflict Mediation -- Students on School Governance Teams -- Teaching Strategies for Resiliency Building -- Other Examples of Student-Focused Resiliency-Building Interventions -- Tools to Facilitate Change -- Tools for Assessing the Current State -- Tools for Promoting Change and Building Commitment -- Tools for Evaluating the Effort and Celebrating Success -- Useful Resiliency-Related Web sites -- Additional Resiliency-Related Readings.

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