Building resilient students : integrating resiliency into what you already know and do / / Kate Thomsen ; foreword by Nan Henderson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827651903321
• Autore: Thomsen Kate
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, Inc., , 2002; ©2002
• ISBN: 1-4833-6068-7; 1-4833-6287-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.15/3
• Soggetti: Educational psychology; Resilience (Personality trait) in children
• 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: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Who is Responsible for Building Resilience in Students?; Who Has the Time or Knowledge to Do This?; Using Resiliency Theory is Good Educational Practice; Validating the Art of Teaching and Common Sense; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1 - Resiliency: The Basics; Nan Henderson and the Resiliency Attitude; Enter Henderson and Milstein's Resiliency Wheel; Foundations of Resiliency; Overview of Bonnie Benard's Model; Overview of the Wolins' Model; The Challenge Model as it Relates to Brief Solution-Oriented Therapy; Overview of Asset Building; SummaryChapter 2 - Character Education and Building Resilience; Character Education Lost; What is Character Education?; Working the Wheel; Summary; Chapter 3 - Multiple Intelligences Theory and Building Resilience; Multiple Intelligences and Resiliency; Introduction to Multiple-Intelligences Theory; The Eight Intelligences; How an Intelligence Develops; Putting Multiple Intelligences to Use; How Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Interrelate; Working the Wheel; Summary; Chapter 4 - Emotional Intelligence and Building Resilience; Emotion is the Key; Emotional Intelligence Theory; The Physiology of EmotionsPutting Emotional Intelligence Theory into Use; Working the Wheel; Summary; Chapter 5 - Service Learning and Building Resilience; Origins of the Concept of Service Learning; ; Confusion Surrounding Service Learning; Your Goals Drive Your Service Learning; Continuum of Service Learning; Service Learning and Building Resilience; Working the Wheel; Summary; Chapter 6 - Violence Prevention and Building Resilience; Understanding Low-Level Violence; Working the Wheel; Summary; Conclusion; Resource A: Checklist for Assessing Students' Multiple Intelligences; Resource B: True Colors Word SortResource C: Additional Resources; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This essential resource provides educators with proven and practical applications for building resiliency in even the most at-risk students.