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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480367303321

Autore

Comer James P.

Titolo

Six pathways to healthy child development and academic success : the field guide to Comer schools in action / / James P. Comer, Edward T. Joyner, and Michael Ben-Avie ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004

©2004

ISBN

1-4833-6337-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Comer Schools in Action ; ; Volume 3

Disciplina

305.231

Soggetti

Child development - United States

Home and school - United States

Academic achievement - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Authors""; ""Part I - Child Development = Education""; ""Chapter 1 - The School is Preventive and Promotive""; ""Children are Immersed in Their Social Networks""; ""Children from Poorly Functioning Families are Likely to Enter School without Adequate Preparation""; ""Healthy Development Prepares Children to Meet Life�s Tasks""; ""The School is a Continuous Presence in the Life of Children and Adolescents""; ""Chapter 2 - Essential Understandings of the Yale School Development Program""

""SDP and the Comer Process""""Six Developmental Pathways""; ""An Operating System""; ""This Field Guide""; ""Responsibilities of the School Community""; ""Chapter 3 - Schools in Society""; ""A tough Brooklyn Neighborhood""; ""Our Child Study Team Has a Systematic Process""; ""Being on a Team Helps Us to Cope""; ""Interventions That Work""; ""The Alarm Clock Program""; ""Support for Social and Emotional Development""; ""Ongoing Support after Crisis Intervention""; ""The in-House Suspension Program and Acts of Kindness""; ""Action-Oriented Self-Assessment""; ""We are on the Right Track""



""Chapter 4 - Child Development is the Foundation of Education""""Meeting the Needs of Every Child""; ""The Six Developmental Pathways""; ""Physical Pathway""; ""Cognitive Pathway""; ""Psychological Pathway""; ""Language Pathway""; ""Social Pathway""; ""Ethical Pathway""; ""Rationale for the Pathways Framework""; ""Using the Pathways Framework to Address Student Issues""; ""Training Activity 4.1: Using the Pathways to Identify Student Issues and Behaviors at your school""; ""Additional Examples of Using the Pathways Framework""

""Training Activity 4.2: Using the Pathways for Curriculum, Instruction, and Classroom Management""""Writing Lesson Plans Using the Pathways Framework""; ""Training Activity 4.3: Aligning your Lesson Plans with the Pathways""; ""Using the Pathways Framework to Address Adult Issues""; ""Training Activity 4.4: Using the Pathways to Assess your Own Well-Being and Interactions with Students""; ""Using the Pathways Framework to Create a Culture for the School Community""; ""The School Planning and Management Team""; ""The Student and Staff Support Team""; ""The Parent Team""

""Working Together to Ensure That all Children Develop to Their Full Potential""""Chapter 5 - Promoting Youth Leadership Development in Comer Schools""; ""How Far Do the Changes Reach?""; ""“Proud to be a Comer Kid�""; ""Comer Kids� Councils""; ""Comer Kids� Leadership Academy""; ""The Comer Process for Kids: What Students Should Know and be Able to Do""; ""Students Should Know Who Dr. Comer is and Why He Developed SDP""; ""Student Activity 5.1: Dr. Comer is a Child Psychiatrist""; ""Student Activity 5.2: James�s Friends Were Not as successful as He Was""

""Student Activity 5.3: The Members of the Comer Teams Work Together to Make Good Decisions for Children""