Beschreibung:
Betsy Gunzelmann is Professor of Psychology at Southern New Hampshire University and author of several articles involved with improving our schools. She has worked in the field for over 30 years and is a psychologist, educator, and parent concerned with issues hindering our children's education.
All children should feel safe and secure in their schools and communities. In today's society, children are dealing with the threat of violence in their schools and online, food insecurity, environmental risks, terrorism, and many other concerns that make them feel less safe. Our jobs as teachers and parents is to manage that risk by being prepared and protecting our children. In this book, Betsy Gunzelmann discusses the ways we can plan ahead and prepare for these threats in order to help our children feel safer and be able to focus on their school and lives.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why does violence occur? Why do we have these safety issues?Part I: The Critical Need for Safer Schools and Communities for Our ChildrenChapter 1: The Critical Need for Safer Climates for our ChildrenChapter 2: The Interdisciplinary Necessity and ObligationChapter 3: The Crucial ResearchPart II: What are these Safety Concerns?Chapter 4: The Parent, School, and Agency PerspectivesChapter 5: Man-Made Potential DisastersChapter 6: Natural DisastersPart III: Understanding the Problems Underneath the ProblemsChapter 7: Sick Society Syndrome: The Psychology of the Darker Side of Our Ailing SocietyChapter 8: The Fallout in the CommunityChapter 9: The Fallout to the IndividualsPart IV: Working Together: Developing Safer Climates for Our ChildrenChapter 10: So Now What?References