Why Students Underachieve - What Educators and Parents Can Do About It

Informationen zum Autor By Regalena Melrose Klappentext Here is a timely response to the research findings of the last decade. It focuses on the need to understand just how prevalent trauma is in the lives of our students, how it impacts the brain, subsequent learning, and behavior. This book also details what educators can do not only to prevent further harm to our students, but also to intervene in ways that give them a promising future. Zusammenfassung Focuses on the need to understand just how trauma is in the lives of our students! how it impacts the brain! subsequent learning! and behavior. This book also details what educators can do not only to prevent further harm to our students! but also to intervene in ways that give them a promising future. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 BARRIERS TO LEARNING Chapter 2 TRAUMATIZED AND MISUNDERSTOOD Chapter 3 FILLING IN THE GAPS Chapter 4 TRAUMA Chapter 5 TRAUMA AND THE BRAIN Chapter 6 "RESOURCING" (A VERB): WHAT SCHOOLS CAN DO TO INTERVENE EFFECTIVELY WITH TRAUMATIZED STUDENTS Chapter 7 TOOLS FOR TOLERANCE Chapter 8 UNDERSTANDING AND INTERVENING WITH EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED STUDENTS Chapter 9 SELF-REGULATION THERAPY Chapter 10 CRISIS INTERVENTION: A CRITIQUE Chapter 11 FIRST, DO NO HARM: PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL FIRST AID Part 12 FINAL WORDS: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION

Product details

• Authors: Regalena Melrose, Melrose Regalena
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2006
• EAN: 9781578864393
• ISBN: 978-1-57886-439-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology