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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780035703321

Titolo

Ensuring safe school environments [[electronic resource] ] : exploring issues, seeking solutions / / edited by Mary Susan E. Fishbaugh, Gwen Schroth, Terry R. Berkeley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : Lawrence Erlbaum, c2003

ISBN

1-135-63142-5

1-282-32178-1

9786612321788

1-4106-0677-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Topics in educational leadership

Altri autori (Persone)

FishbaughMary Susan

SchrothGwen

BerkeleyTerry R

Disciplina

371.7/82

Soggetti

School environment - United States

School violence - United States - Prevention

Schools - United States - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor Foreword; Preface; I EXPLORING ISSUES; 1 Congressional Testimony: School Violence From the Perspective of a National Crisis Response Consultant; 2 A Comparison of Urban and Rural Conditions and Their Relationship to School Violence; 3 Decreasing School Violence: A Research Synthesis; 4 Violence and School Principals; II SEEKING SOLUTIONS; 5 Resolving Conflicts in Schools: An Educational Approach to Violence Prevention; 6 Creating Positive Behavior Support Plans for Students With Significant Behavioral Challenges

7 School-Community Relations: Policy and Practice8 Peaceable School Communities: Morality and the Ethic of Care; 9 The Montana Behavioral Initiative: A Statewide Response to Issues of School Violence; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ensuring Safe School Environments: Exploring Issues--Seeking Solutions presents research findings and information about school



violence, with a focus on strategies for increasing school safety. Based on a special topical issue of Rural Special Education Quarterly, the original journal articles have been rewritten to address safe schools from the perspective of suburban and urban, as well as rural environments. Topics include the frequency of violence in these different settings; violence as it directly impacts school administrators; strategies for preventing and addressing violen