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Safe and Peaceful Schools: Addressing Conflict and Eliminating Violence
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Winslade, John; Williams, Michael – Corwin, 2012
In today's culture where bullying and violence are on the rise, we know that children who are afraid or anxious are in no state of mind to learn. If you are serious about creating a safe school climate conducive to learning, this book will show you how. Written by counseling experts, "Safe and Peaceful Schools" provides a variety of research-based…
Descriptors: School Safety, Conflict Resolution, Peer Mediation, Counseling Techniques
Toward a Multicultural Positive Psychology: Indigenous Forgiveness and Hmong Culture
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Sandage, Steven J.; Hill, Peter C.; Vang, Henry C. – Counseling Psychologist, 2003
The growing field of positive psychology is encouraging advances in the scientific research of developmental strengths and virtues like forgiveness. However, multicultural and indigenous psychology perspectives can raise valuable questions about positive psychology and the relationship between cultural particularity and virtues like forgiveness.…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Hmong People, Conflict Resolution, Psychology
Linking Spirituality and Violence Prevention in School Counseling
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Allen, Jackie M.; Coy, Doris Rhea – Professional School Counseling, 2004
An awareness of the important role of spirituality is growing within the education system. Meditation on and the inclusion of religious works as literature in some public school curricula are occurring. Students are seeking for personal identity to give meaning to their lives in the fast-paced world of the 21st century. The purpose of this article…
Descriptors: Prevention, Values Education, Violence, Spiritual Development
A Self-Regulated Learning Approach for Children with Learning/Behavior Disorders
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Benevento, Joan A. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2004
This book is designed to be an intervention model based on the concepts of Piaget's study of constructivism. The application of this approach will help children with learning/ behavioral disorders actively participate in a fuller integration of their own psychomotor, affective, and cognitive information processing skills and adaptation. The work…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intervention, Special Education, Behavior Disorders
Superheroes and Heroic Journeys: Re-Claiming Loss in Adoption
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Rubin, Lawrence C. – Journal of Creativity in Mental Health, 2005
This manuscript addresses adoption and the related gifts and challenges faced by adoptees. Challenges such as the search for identity, reconciliation, and identifying how they belong are also discussed. This manuscript also addresses common myths and misconceptions about the adoption experience. A creative intervention, using super heroes and…
Descriptors: Adoption, Identification, Interpersonal Relationship, Conflict Resolution
Group Work with Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Neglect: A Psychoeducational Approach
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Choate, Laura Hensley; Henson, Annemieke – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
In this article, the authors describe a psychoeducational group model for adult survivors of childhood abuse and neglect. The model is specifically designed to assist group members to receive support and validation, to identify the effects of abuse on present functioning, and to learn new life skills.
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Adults, Group Counseling