Six pathways to healthy child development and academic success
Subtitle: the field guide to Comer schools in action
By: James P. Comer, Edward T. Joyner, and Michael Ben-Avie, editors.
Contributors: Comer, James P.; Joyner, Edward T.; Ben-Avie, Michael.
Series: Comer schools in action
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Comer, James P; Yale School Development Program; Child development -- United States; Home and school -- United States; Academic achievement -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Child development=education; title: The school is preventive and promotive; title: Essential understandings of the Yale School Development Program; title: Schools in society; title: Child development is the foundation of education; title: Promoting youth leadership development in comer schools; title: Children must be taught to deal with anger; title: Children with special needs: special education and the comprehensive school plan; title: Inclusiveness for children with special needs; title: Children need healthy adults; title: Teaming and team building; title: A team approach to educational change; title: Establishing a foundation: a principal's view of task and process; title: It's all about effective relationships: frameworks for understanding ourselves and others; title: Three guiding principles for interactions on teams; title: A time to act; title: Children and trauma; title: Children during wartime; title: Children of the world: how we created a full-service school.