Resilience-building schools for at-risk youth
Subtitle: developing the social, emotional, and motivational foundations of academic success
By: by Maura A. Mulloy
Publisher: Civic Research Institute, Incorporated
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Kingston, New Jersey
Language: eng
Subjects: Youth development; Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence; Academic achievement; Low-income high school students; Urban Education; High school environment
Description: "The goal of this book is to convince overburdened school leaders and educators of the value of shifting toward a resilience-based approach, which cultivate the broad social, emotional, and motivational foundations of academic success in simple and low-cost ways. The book will demonstrate how this approach dovetails with research conclusions from the fields of education, psychology, and public health regarding the conditions that effectively bring about individuals' achievement, well-being, and positive development. It will also detail the common-sense simplicity (and affordability!) of the resilience-building approach and show how effective such an approach can be in helping at-risk students succeed" (page xiii).
Notes: Includes references and bibliography.
Table of contents: title: Understanding resilience theory and its application to schools; title: Dynamic and interactive processes of school-based resilience; title: Overview of the R-SEA resilience-building framework for schools; title: Reducing students' exposure to risk: step 1 of the R-SEA framework; title: Enhancing students' social supports: step 2 of the R-SEA framework; title: Addressing students' social-emotional needs and development: step 3 of the R-SEA framework; title: Enhancing students' academic supports: step 4 of the R-SEA framework; title: Portrait of a resilience-building school: the R-SEA framework in practice; title: Appendix A: sample student interview protocol; title: Appendix B: sample staff interview protocol; title: Appendix C: bibliography.