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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795243603321

Autore

Zacarian Debbie

Titolo

Teaching to strengths : supporting students living with trauma, violence, and chronic stress / / Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, and Judie Haynes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Alexandria, Virginia : , : ASCD, , [2017]

�2017

ISBN

1-4166-2463-5

1-4166-2462-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (205 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.94

Soggetti

Mentally ill children - Education

Stress in children - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The urgent need for a strengths-based approach -- Preparing to work with diverse learners -- Creating a strengths-based classroom learning environment -- Scaffolding student-to-student relationships -- Fostering family/guardian engagement -- Infusing a strengths-based approach across a school -- Capitalizing on community assets to build partnerships.

Sommario/riassunto

This book outlines a comprehensive, collaborative approach to teaching that focuses on students' strengths and resiliency. It encourages educators to embrace teaching and school-wide practices that support and enhance the academic and social-emotional development of students living with trauma, violence, and chronic stress.