R&L Education
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978-1-60709-885-0 • Hardback • May 2011 • $83.00 • (£64.00)
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Victoria B. Damiani is a nationally certified school psychologist and professor emeritus of educational and school psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests include school-based mental health, families of children with special needs, and gifted education.
Part 1 Section I: School Crises: The Theoretical and the Real
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Nature of Crisis in the Schools
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: A Crisis Role for the Classroom Teacher
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: Children in Crisis: An Overview
Part 5 Section II: Crises and Interventions
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Natural Disasters
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Children and Death
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Suicidal Student
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: The Hostile/Aggressive Student
Chapter 10 Chapter 8: Parents in Crisis
Part 11 Section III: More Than an Ounce of Prevention
Chapter 12 Chapter 9: Being Prepared and Setting a Positive Tone
Chapter 13 Chapter 10: Prevention Techniques for Use in the Classroom
Chapter 14 Chapter 11: Crisis Response Teams
Chapter 15 Chapter 12: The Teacher as Advocate
Chapter 16 Appendix A: Additional Reading
Chapter 17 Appendix B: Organizations/Websites/Materials
Chapter 18 Appendix C: Terms You Should Know
This book is a must-read for all teachers! With many teacher education programs eliminating courses regarding developmental and emotional issues, this book fills that gap. Dr. Damiani offers practical, easy-to-implement, and common-sense strategies to help identify troubled youth, promote teacher-student connections, and help sustain both physical and psychological safety within the school setting. Teachers' knowledge of crisis prevention and intervention strategies is critical to a safe school climate, maintaining good classroom management, thus increasing achievement.
— Melissa A. Reeves, Ph.D,. NCSP,, school psychologist and lecturer, Winthrop University; co-author, NASP PREPaRE Crisis Prevention & Intervention Curriculum
This book is an excellent source for educational trainers and practitioners who wish to dispel myths and acquire prerequisite knowledge of basic crisis prevention and intervention in schools. Content is rooted in relevant literature, yet simply read and easily applied to daily practice. The book empowers educators to recognize their potential roles in crisis situations while emphasizing the developmental and safety needs of students.
— Francis J. DeMatteo Ed.D, professor and director, School Psychology Program, Cal Poly Humboldt; author of of Delivering Psycho-educational Evaluation Results to Parents: A Practitioner’s Model