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Discover how to improve happiness, resilience, and achievement using the science of hope Based on research around the psychological science of hope, this guidebook provides strategies educators and school leaders can use daily to help students feel secure, build relationships, and improve academic outcomes. Included are actions and interventions that can be woven into classrooms and schools to foster mental wellness and happiness, such as
- Classroom materials, tools, reproducibles, and videos
- Scientific resources to quickly assess and monitor hope
- Simple plans of action to improve hope, engagement, and motivation
- Vignettes from classrooms and the author's own experiences with children who have experienced extreme trauma
Featuring illustrations by Brian Bicknell.
List of contents
Chapter 1-H.O.P.E. Makers: Trauma brain, society, and the power of you
Chapter 2-Healing: Safety, Coping, and Connections
Safety: Trauma, safety, and fostering healing
Coping: Strategies and tools to help daily interactions
Connections: Building positive relationships and repairing trust
Compassion for Colleagues: Building a healing culture of support
Chapter 3- Overcoming: Hope and Goals
Hope: Using hope scores to foster resilience from setback, trauma, and ACEs
Goals: Using The Learning Goal Cycle to build hope and success
Compassion for Colleagues: Growing Hopeful Cultures for The Long Game
Chapter 4-Planning: Pathways, Belief, and Practicing
Pathways: Possibility Blindness and Learning
Belief: Using representation, social models, and environments to foster possibility
Practicing: Creating and using pathways for problems
Compassion for Colleagues: Pathways for problematic organizational practices and lack of support
Chapter 5 Energizing: Agency and Motivation
Agency: Building agency with willpower strategies
Motivation: Infusing intrinsic drive and positive mindsets
Compassion for Colleagues: Supporting and motivating each other
Chapter 6: The School of H.O.P.E.: Patience, support, and connections for your journey
Notes
About the author
Cathleen Beachboard is a teacher, author, and researcher. She writes and creates content for Edutopia and has been featured by TED-Ed. After adopting five children out of a case of extreme abuse and neglect, she has been on a mission to improve outcomes for those who experience trauma and anxiety. Cathleen has taught middle school English for the past 15 years. She also works as a part-time researcher holding an M.A. in Psychology. Her research focuses on psychological tools schools can use to help students and staff increase psychological hope, resiliency, achievement, and happiness. You can find her on Twitter @Cathleenbeachbd
