Compassionate school practices : fostering children's mental health and well-being /: fostering children's mental health and well-being. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christine Y. Mason, Dana Asby, Meghan Wenzel, Katherine T. Volk, Martha Staeheli.
• Authors: Mason, Christine Y (Christine Yvonne), 1949-; Asby, Dana; Wenzel, Meghan; Volk, Katherine; Staeheli, Martha
• Contents: Online Resources; Foreword; Preface; Why Is This Book Important Now?; Who Should Read This Book?; What Will I Be Able to Do Once I Finish This Book?; Acronym Guide; Why Is This Book Important Outside of New England and the United States?; A Framework for Cultivating Well-Being in Schools; Key Principles; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Part 1: Needs and Approaches; Chapter 1. The Why? What? and How?; I. WHY Is a Focus on Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being So Critical Right Now?; Educators as Protective Factors; Why Are Teachers and Schools Not Better Prepared?; Risk Factors Influencing the Increase in Behavioral and Emotional Challenges; The Influence of Trauma on Mental Health; Equity Issues in Access to Mental Health Support and Advocacy; When a Crisis Strikes; II. WHAT Do We Need?; III. HOW Can We Approach Mental Health in Schools?; Partnerships for Building Student Mental Health and Well-Being; Implementation of Heart Centered Learning (HCL) in New England; The Power of Community-Based Approaches; Chapter 2. Best Practices for a Healthy School Climate and School Culture; How Can Schools Improve Children’s Well-Being?; A Model for School Cultures That Foster Mental Health; The Five Cs of Heart Centered Learning: Strategies to Take a Schoolwide Approach to Supporting Staff and Student Well-Being; The Five Cs; Using Heart Centered Learning to Build Compassionate School Communities in New England Through Visioning; Chapter 3. Tiered Systems and Mental Health Screening; Learning From History; ACES and Social Emotional Learning; The Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports; Universal Screening in Schools; How Are We Screening and Why?; Potential Issues in Screening; More on the Tiers of Systems of Supports; Following Up and Fostering a Support System; Chapter 4. Considerations for Staff Mental Health and Well-Being; Uncertainty and Isolation; Staff Stress and Trauma Are at an All-Time High; What Stressors Are Unique to Educators?; Teacher Attrition Is at an All-Time High; The Relationship Between Student Trauma and Teacher Stress; Understanding Current Needs and Concerns; Practical Solutions to Improve Educator Mental Health and Well-Being; A Schoolwide Approach to Foster Well-Being; Part 2: Leadership; Chapter 5. Adaptive Leadership Within the Childhood-Trauma Learning Collaborative; Resiliency and Finding Hope; Leading in a Time of Fear and Uncertainty; Action Informed by Assessment; The Importance of Professional Development; What Is Effective School Leadership?; Characteristics of Transformational School Leaders; School Leaders as Change Agents; Evolving Leadership: Being Inclusive and Visionary; Transactional School Leadership Management Practices; Balancing Transformational and Transactional Leadership; Adaptive Leadership; Chapter 6. Caring and Competent Leadership for Children’s Mental Health and Well-Being; Understanding Our Vulnerabilities: Leading With Care, Love, and Acceptance; Three Overlapping Lenses to Develop Positive School Leadership and Improve Children’s Well-Being; Caring School Leadership; Heart Centered Mindful School Leadership; Addressing Mental Health Concerns With the Compassionate School Mental Health Model; School Safety; Principals Set Policies and Protocols; Self-Care Exercises; Part 3: Child and Family Supports; Chapter 7. Belonging and Building Community; The Drive to Belong; Belonging: A Psychological Need; Finding that One Caring Adult; School and Agency Collaboration; Key Players; Wraparound Services; Strategies for Getting Started; Chapter 8. How Schools Can Help Families; A Sense of Urgency; Communication Is a Two-Way Street; Increasing Mental Health Literacy; Cultural Considerations; When a Mental Health Diagnosis Is Part of the Equation; Home School Collaboration; The Transmission of Trauma; Working to Heal Intergenerational Trauma by Cultivating Compassionate School Communities; Offering Parent Education to Foster Compassionate Parenting; Parent Teacher Associations: A Network Made to Partner With Schools; Reflections on Strengthening Mental Health and Well-Being: Leverage Parent Resources to Fulfill Needs, Wants, and Dreams; Part 4: The Future; Chapter 9. Reaching Our Destiny—Overcoming Challenges and Moving Forward; Our Encounter With Destiny; Time for Reflection Allows for Visioning; References; Index;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.114; Moral education; Compassion -- Study and teaching; Compassion in children
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781071820506
• Related ISBNs: 9781071820490
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