Title: School crisis case studies. before another school shooting occurs /
Authors: Sharp, Helen M.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Education,
Year: 2009
Subjects: School crisis management Case studies.; School violence Prevention Case studies.
Contents: The new imperative: safe school behavior, strategies, and practices -- An atmosphere for academic success -- An administrator's style -- Authoritative instructors -- Changing student attitudes -- Counselors and students' well-being -- Creating and sustaining parental partnerships -- Disaffected students -- Disengaged students -- Elements of effective lessons -- Female students fighting -- Intruders in the school building -- Potential school dropouts: finish school or full-time job? -- Students who dislike school -- The school safety officer -- Social responsibility -- Student behaviors and attitudes toward academics -- Responses to an individual who talks about destructive acts in a school setting -- Teens' violence against teens.