Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students' Mental Health

<p><em>Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students’ Mental Health</em> provides pre- and in-service educators with the tools they need to prevent pre-empt handle and recover from threats to students’ mental health. School safety and fostering a supportive learning environment have always been issues fundamental to educators. Over the last decade teachers and administrators have been called on more than ever to cope with bullying suicide and violence in their schools. Handling every stage of this diverse set of obstacles can be unwieldy for teachers and administrators alike. Framed with interviews from experts on each of the topics and including practical and applicable examples this volume draws together the work of top-tier school psychologists into a text designed to work with existing school structures and curricula to make schools safer.</p><p>A comprehensive and multi-faceted resource this book integrates leading research with the well-respected Framework for Safe and Successful Schools to help educators support school safety crisis management and students' mental health.</p><p>Featuring interviews with:</p><p>Dewey G. Cornell Frank DeAngelis Beth Doll Kevin Dwyer Katie Eklund Maurice J. Elias Michele Gay Ross W. Greene Rob Horner Jane Lazarus Richard Lieberman Troy Loker Melissa A. Louvar-Reeves Terry Molony Shamika Patton Donna Poland Scott Poland Eric Rossen Susan M. Swearer Ken Trump and Frank Zenere.</p>