Educate, Medicate, or Litigate? : What Teachers, Parents, and Administrators Must Do about Student Behavior

by Robert C. Di Giulio

• ISBN13: 9780761978244
• ISBN10: 0761978240
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-10
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

DiGiulio outlines how communities - not the government, doctors, or lawyers - can offer schools vital and concrete support to play a preventive rather than a reactive role in keeping students safe.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
About the Author	xi
A Culture of Violence	1	(16)
A Culture of Antisocial Behavior	4	(4)
To Medicate or to Litigate?	8	(3)
Schools: The Problem or the Solution?	11	(2)
Summary	13	(4)
Myths and Realities: Schools, Violence, and Antisocial Behavior	17	(17)
Media Myths About Schools and Violence	19	(4)
Ten Persistent Myths About Schools and Violence	23	(9)
Summary	32	(2)
Social Behavior: Psychological, Philosophical, and Practical Bases	34	(19)
Socialization	36	(1)
Asocialization: The Downside of Legalism	37	(2)
Primary Socialization: The Role of the Home	39	(3)
Secondary Socialization: The Role of the School	42	(2)
Four Views on Schooling	44	(3)
Collective Efficacy: The Force Within Each Community	47	(2)
Communities, Schools, and Human Needs	49	(2)
Summary	51	(2)
Problem Areas: Where Social Behavior Becomes Antisocial Behavior	53	(20)
What Is Antisocial Behavior?	54	(2)
Two Perspectives on Antisocial Behavior	56	(1)
Stress and the Mass Media	57	(2)
Socioeducational Factors That Produce Antisocial Behavior	59	(6)
Schools as Oppressive Environments	65	(6)
Schools as Safe Places	71	(1)
Summary	71	(2)
Reframing Views on Antisocial Behavior: Best School Practices	73	(32)
On the Role of Schools in Socialization	75	(8)
Best School-Level Preventive Responses to Antisocial Behavior: Physical, Programmatic, and Personnel Responses	83	(12)
Best Community-Level Preventive Responses to Antisocial Behavior	95	(6)
Summary	101	(4)
References	105	(15)
Index	120