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
ISBN-13: 9781412905084; 9781412905091
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: value: Child development=education; value: The school is preventive and promotive; value: Essential understandings of the Yale School Development Program; value: Schools in society; value: Child development is the foundation of education; value: Promoting youth leadership development in comer schools; value: Children must be taught to deal with anger; value: Children with special needs: special education and the comprehensive school plan; value: Inclusiveness for children with special needs; value: Children need healthy adults; value: Teaming and team building; value: A team approach to educational change; value: Establishing a foundation: a principal's view of task and process; value: It's all about effective relationships: frameworks for understanding ourselves and others; value: Three guiding principles for interactions on teams; value: A time to act; value: Children and trauma; value: Children during wartime; value: Children of the world: how we created a full-service school.