Betsy Gunzelmann

Developing Safer Schools and Communities for Our Children (eBook, PDF)

The Interdisciplinary Responsibility of Our Time

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. Our jobs as teachers and parents is to manage that risk by being prepared and protecting our children. In this book, Betsy Gunzelmann discusses the ways we can plan ahead and prepare for these threats in order to help our children feel safer and be able to focus on their school and lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216308423
• Artikelnr.: 74626933

Autorenporträt

Betsy Gunzelmann is professor of psychology at Southern New Hampshire University and author of several articles involved with improving our schools. She has worked in the field for over thirty years and is a psychologist, educator, and parent concerned with issues hindering our children's education.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction: Why does violence occur? Why do we have these
safety issues? Part I: The Critical Need for Safer Schools and Communities
for Our Children Chapter 1: The Critical Need for Safer Climates for our
Children Chapter 2: The Interdisciplinary Necessity and Obligation Chapter
3: The Crucial Research Part II: What are these Safety Concerns? Chapter 4:
The Parent, School, and Agency Perspectives Chapter 5: Man-Made Potential
Disasters Chapter 6: Natural Disasters Part III: Understanding the Problems
Underneath the Problems Chapter 7: Sick Society Syndrome: The Psychology of
the Darker Side of Our Ailing Society Chapter 8: The Fallout in the
Community Chapter 9: The Fallout to the Individuals Part IV: Working
Together: Developing Safer Climates for Our Children Chapter 10: So Now
What? References