Combining proven strategies with new information for developing resiliency in schools, this edition emphasizes the critical role of school leaders and features updated exercises for implementing change.
In eight concise chapters, the authors show how caring people in an educational setting can foster resiliency in themselves, in the classroom, and among individual children. Also provided is a broad range of activities that have been tried in school and community settings, and which provide assessment and evaluations tools with which to monitor the process of changing schools to enhance protective factors in the lives of students and teachers. --foreword, p. ix.
As George Burns tells us, you can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old". The desire to live well as we age is widespread. But we need guidance to make our later years meaningful and positive. Many people are looking for ways to improve the quality of their lives as they age. If you are unwilling to settle for a mediocre life in your older years, it's time to discover: How to approach retirement Ways to improve your life if you already are retired The importance of refl ection as well as action How to respond to negative myths about aging Strategies to promote a quality older life Whether you are preparing for retirement or are already experiencing it firsthand, it is important to discover proven methods and strategies to help you improve your life as you pursue Resilient Aging.
In eight concise chapters, the authors show how caring people in an educational setting can foster resiliency in themselves, in the classroom, and among individual children. Also provided is a broad range of activities that have been tried in school and community settings, and which provide assessment and evaluations tools with which to monitor the process of changing schools to enhance protective factors in the lives of students and teachers. --foreword, p. ix.
In this updated edition of Resiliency Education, Henderson and Milstein offer scores of new resources for resilience education as well as an action plan you can use right now to build inner strength and flexibility in your students and staff.
Combining proven strategies with new information for developing resiliency in schools, this edition emphasizes the critical role of school leaders and features updated exercises for implementing change.
`A blueprint to create schools and communities that will spread resiliency in young people' - From the Foreword, Paul D Houston, Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators This book is intended to help teachers respond to school community problems in ways that promote the well-being of all community members. This is a highly interactive book, with activities throughout the first six chapters that can help develop a better understanding of the concepts and strategies presented.
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