Engaging Learners, Preventing Problems, and Improving Schools
"This resource gives the reader everything needed to design and implement a successful mental health program to benefit a diverse student population. The authors present a strong case for planning and delivering comprehensive integrated services. I commend the authors for their willingness to tackle the tough issues surrounding mental health services for all students." -Marian White-Hood, Director of Academics, Accountability, and Principal Support See Forever Foundation Necessary reading for anyone concerned with student wellness and effective schools! For many children, schools are the main or only providers of mental health services. In this visionary and comprehensive book, two nationally known experts describe a new approach to school-based mental health-one that better serves students, maximizes resources, and promotes academic performance. The authors describe how educators can effectively coordinate internal and external resources to support a healthy school environment and help at-risk students overcome barriers to learning. School leaders, psychologists, counselors, and policy makers will find essential guidance, including: An overview of the history and current state of school mental health programs, discussing major issues confronting the field Strategies for effective school-based initiatives, including addressing behavior issues, introducing classroom-based activities, and coordinating with community resources A call to action for higher-quality mental health programming across public schools-including how collaboration, research, and advocacy can make a difference Gain the knowledge you need to develop or improve your school's mental health program to better serve both the academic and mental health needs of your students!
New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning
"Offers in-depth understanding for a wide variety of barriers to student learning as well as a learned synthesis of the best thinking about student motivation and healthy development...Adelman and Taylor's book provides a perspective that helps practitioners understand all students who enter the classroom." --Linda Miller, Consultant Iowa Department of Education "As psychologists and support staff we read innumerable journal articles regarding responses to intervention, learning disabilities, differentiated instruction, and the like. The authors here effectively address the total child and offer research-based suggestions on how to help all children." --Sandra Screen, Ph.D., Director Detroit Public Schools, MI Ensure that every school has a comprehensive and adaptable system of learning supports in the classroom and throughout the school! Every teacher knows about barriers to learning and teaching that interfere with student progress and academic achievement. These barriers to learning can hamper a student's ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly improve student achievement and student test scores, schools must provide students with learning supports in comprehensive, multifaceted, and cohesive ways. This innovative Implementation Guide to Student Learning Supports in the Classroom and Schoolwide by Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor is designed to accompany their new School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports. Together, these two handbooks comprise a complete and adaptable system for addressing barriers to learning and teaching. The authors offer specific ideas, procedures, resources, tools, and guides for motivating students, personalizing instruction and curriculum, promoting development, building school and community partnerships, and closing the gap between the learning supports students need and the learning supports they are currently receiving. This unique guide for teachers, counselors, school administrators, and student support staff is based on an unparalleled New Directions for Student Support Initiative endorsed by more than 20 professional associations, including: The American School Counselor Association The American School Health Association The National Association of Pupil Services Administrators The National Association of School Nurses The National Association of School Psychologists The School Social Work Association of America And others!
New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning
'Offers in-depth understanding for a wide variety of barriers to student learning as well as a learned synthesis of the best thinking about student motivation and healthy development...Adelman and Taylor's book provides a perspective that helps practitioners understand all students who enter the classroom' - Linda Miller, Consultant, Iowa Department of Education 'As psychologists and support staff we read innumerable journal articles regarding responses to intervention, learning disabilities, differentiated instruction, and the like. The authors here effectively address the total child and offer research-based suggestions on how to help all children' - Sandra Screen, Director, Office of Psychological Services, Detroit, MI Ensure that every school has a comprehensive and adaptable system of learning support in the classroom and throughout the school! Every teacher knows about barriers to learning and teaching that interfere with student progress and academic achievement. These barriers to learning can hamper a student's ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly improve student achievement, schools must provide students with learning support in a comprehensive, multidimensional and cohesive way. This innovative guide by Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor is designed to accompany their new School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports. Together, these two handbooks comprise a complete and adaptable system for addressing barriers to learning and teaching. The authors offer specific ideas, procedures, resources, tools, and guides for motivating students, personalizing instruction and curriculum, promoting development, building school and community partnerships, and closing the gap between the learning supports students need and the learning supports they are currently receiving. This unique guide for teachers, counselors, school administrators, and student support staff is based on an unparalleled New Directions for Student Support Initiative endorsed by more than 20 professional associations, including: The American School Counselors Association The American School Health Association The National Association of Pupil Services Administrators The National Association of School Nurses The National Association of School Psychologists The School Social Work Association of America And others!
New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning
"Offers a broad view, and a systemic approach missing from most books on school reform and improving student outcomes, especially for the student who is not achieving." -Susan Wooley, Executive Director American School Health Association "I have not read any other book that is as comprehensive in explaining how the fragmentation of services limits our ability to serve children, as well as provides the 'how to.' In this era of data-based decision making, the authors continue to present well-researched material that perhaps many educators have only read about in isolation." -Sandra Screen, Ph.D., Director Detroit Public Schools, MI Bring new direction to programs and policies for learning supports to address barriers to student learning! Barriers to learning and teaching interfere with students' ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly improve student achievement and student test scores, systemic changes must be made in how schools provide learning supports. Howard S. Adelman and Linda Taylor now provide this exciting new guide to student learning supports for school leaders, along with a companion volume for schoolwide use, offering an innovative approach to addressing barriers to learning. Emphasizing an intervention framework that is comprehensive, multifaceted, and cohesive, and offering a sophisticated approach to rethinking and facilitating systemic changes to infrastructure and policy at school and community levels, The School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports covers strategies built on decades of research. The authors provide case studies, resources, quizzes, cartoons, and more than 75 figures, tables, and tools for analysis and capacity building to help school leaders understand, assess, and remedy the gap between the learning supports students need and the learning supports they are currently receiving. The unparalleled New Directions for Student Support Initiative described in this guide has been cosponsored by more than 20 professional associations, including: The American School Counselor Association The American School Health Association The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning The National Alliance of Pupil Service Organizations The National Association of School Nurses The National Association of Pupil Services Administrators The National Association of School Psychologists The National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of State Boards of Education The National Middle School Association The School Social Work Association of America And others!
New Directions for Addressing Barriers to Learning
"Offers a broad view, and a systemic approach missing from most books on school reform and improving student outcomes, especially for the student who is not achieving." -Susan Wooley, Executive Director American School Health Association "I have not read any other book that is as comprehensive in explaining how the fragmentation of services limits our ability to serve children, as well as provides the 'how to.' In this era of data-based decision making, the authors continue to present well-researched material that perhaps many educators have only read about in isolation." -Sandra Screen, Ph.D., Director Detroit Public Schools, MI Bring new direction to programs and policies for learning supports to address barriers to student learning! Barriers to learning and teaching interfere with students' ability to participate effectively and benefit fully from classroom instruction and other educational activities. For school improvement efforts to succeed in ways that truly improve student achievement and student test scores, systemic changes must be made in how schools provide learning supports. Howard S. Adelman and Linda Taylor now provide this exciting new guide to student learning supports for school leaders, along with a companion volume for schoolwide use, offering an innovative approach to addressing barriers to learning. Emphasizing an intervention framework that is comprehensive, multifaceted, and cohesive, and offering a sophisticated approach to rethinking and facilitating systemic changes to infrastructure and policy at school and community levels, The School Leader's Guide to Student Learning Supports covers strategies built on decades of research. The authors provide case studies, resources, quizzes, cartoons, and more than 75 figures, tables, and tools for analysis and capacity building to help school leaders understand, assess, and remedy the gap between the learning supports students need and the learning supports they are currently receiving. The unparalleled New Directions for Student Support Initiative described in this guide has been cosponsored by more than 20 professional associations, including: The American School Counselor Association The American School Health Association The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning The National Alliance of Pupil Service Organizations The National Association of School Nurses The National Association of Pupil Services Administrators The National Association of School Psychologists The National Association of Secondary School Principals The National Association of State Boards of Education The National Middle School Association The School Social Work Association of America And others!
