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Dealing with the Urgent Educational Challenge provides readers with key research-based and pragmatically tested approaches and processes to deal with the unprecedented mental health issues prevalent in today's schools, families, and communities.
List of contents
Table of ContentsForeword - Dr. Jennifer Young Wallace
Preface - Walter S. Polka, John McKenna, and Monica Jo VanHusen
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Walter S. Polka, John McKenna, and Monica Jo VanHusen
Chapter 1: Promoting Personal and Professional Well-being in Schools for Happier Teachers, Students, and Parents: Insights from Positive Psychologists - Roselle C. Aranha and Walter S. Polka
Chapter 2: Best Practices to Promote and Support Social Emotional Learning and Wellness in PreK-12 Schools - John McKenna and Lori Jonas
Chapter 3: One School District's Upstream Approach to Creating Successful Initiatives: The Journey of a Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Program - Paul M. Fanuele
Chapter 4: The Rise in Student Behavior Referrals and the Impact on the Social Emotional Health of Teachers Post-Pandemic in Three Western New York High Schools - Salvatore Curella, Alan Ingraham, and Joshua Janese
Chapter 5: A Practicing Middle School Principal's Approaches in Creating and Delivering a Culture for Social Emotional Learning - Pete Dobmeier
Chapter 6: Intentionally Shattering Silos: Fostering Collaboration and Belonging to Support Well-being in Schools - Monica Jo VanHusen, Daniel Reichard, and Julie Zook
Chapter 7: Providing Community Care Services to Children During Crises and Beyond - Olasumbo O. AdelakunChapter 8: Improving Socio-Emotional Experiences for Special Education Students: A Persistent Balancing Conundrum between Fidelity to Regulations and Meeting Student Needs - Lisa Condino
Chapter 9: Applications of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support to Promote Social, Behavioral, and Academic Success for Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Jennifer Sikov, Carolina Ramirez, Sophia Frontale, Alix Printup, Melanie Rengel-Isea, Emily Sutton, and Gregory A. Fabiano
Chapter 10: Social-Emotional Intelligence: A Guide for Parents and Teachers - Sharon Singh
Chapter 11: From Overwhelmed to Resilient: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Reducing Burnout - Caitlin Riegel and Monica Jo VanHusen
Chapter 12: The Necessity to Develop, Implement, and Navigate Proven Social Emotional Learning Practices, NOW! - John E. McKenna, Walter S. Polka, and Monica Jo VanHusen
Afterword - Michael Cornell
About the Editors
About the Authors
About the author
Walter S. Polka is professor of leadership and coordinator of the PhD program at Niagara University with over fifty-five years in education, including thirteen years as superintendent of schools.
John E. McKenna is an award-winning educator and adjunct professor with over thirty-five years of public education experience as a teacher, building principal, and district-level administrator.
Monica J. VanHusen has been an educator for the past eighteen years and currently is the educational technology coordinator for Stafford County Virginia Public Schools.
