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9780195370706

The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Violence and Conflict

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    9780195370706

  • ISBN10:

    0195370708

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-09-22
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The School Practitioner's Concise Companion gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook, each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. Here, readers will find an overview of violence and interpersonal conflict in schools. This Concise Companion covers the types of violence that threaten school and student safety-from bullying to sexual assault to gang activity-and presents innovative, effective strategies to assess risk, teach conflict resolution skills, and create a violence-free culture. Each chapter is filled with charts, checklists, and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices, it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals.

Table of Contents

Evidence-Based Violence Prevention Programs and Best Implementation Practicesp. 3
Creating a Violence-Free School Climate/Culturep. 27
Assessing and Predicting Risk of Violence: Empirically Based Methodsp. 41
Bullying: Best Practices for Prevention and Intervention in Schoolsp. 51
An Evidence-Based Approach to Management of Students Who Wish to Harm Othersp. 61
Peer Conflict: Effective Resolution Strategiesp. 71
Using Social and Emotional Learning to Address Conflicts in the Classroomp. 83
Acquaintance Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Among Teens: School-Based Interventionsp. 97
Enhancing Conflict Resolution Through Family and School Staff Alliances: Planning for Parent or Guardian Participation in Conferencesp. 107
Engaging Adolescents in Prevention of Sexual Assault and Harassmentp. 115
Effective Interventions With Dating Violence and Domestic Violencep. 127
Effective Intervention With Gangs and Gang Membersp. 141
Referencesp. 157
Indexp. 173
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