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Children and Trauma: Critical Perspectives for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Educational Communities. Educational Psychology: Meaning Making for Teachers and Learners
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Kramer, Brianne, Ed.; McKenzie, Jennifer, Ed. – Myers Education Press, 2022
According to the American Psychological Association (APA, 2015), trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event, which can lead to difficulties with emotional regulation, social relationships, and the development of physical symptoms. Traumatic experiences may include physical or sexual abuse, neglect, experiencing or witnessing violence,…
Descriptors: Children, Trauma, Emotional Response, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Who's Really Disrupting the Classroom? An Examination of African American Male Students and Their Disciplinary Roles
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Butler, Bettie Ray; Joubert, Marcus D.; Lewis, Chance W. – Online Submission, 2009
A plethora of research (McCadden, 1998; Monroe 2005; Skiba, Peterson, & Williams, 2000) on student discipline emphasizes the inequities surrounding the distribution of disciplinary actions taken by schools/school districts in regards to behavior, particularly for African American males. This study provides an in-depth examination of disciplinary…
Descriptors: African American Students, Urban Schools, Behavior Patterns, Discipline
What Does GPA in an Urban High School Actually Mean?
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Steward, Robbie J.; Hill, Martin F.; Neil, Douglas M.; Pritchett, Tiffany; Wabaunsee, Ah-Sha-Ni – Educational Considerations, 2008
The purpose of this researcher-school collaborative study was to examine factors which might be intervenable by urban high school counselors in assisting at-risk students. There were two primary objectives. The first was to examine the degree to which urban adolescents' academic competence predicts cumulative grade point average (GPA). The second…
Descriptors: Human Capital, High Schools, Student Behavior, Grade Point Average
A Choice Theory Counseling Group Succeeds with Middle School Students Who Displayed Disciplinary Problems
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Walter, Sara Meghan; Lambie, Glenn W.; Ngazimbi, Evadne E. – Middle School Journal (J1), 2008
The purpose of this article is to provide middle level educators with an orientation to the theoretical constructs and tenets of Choice Theory (Glasser, 1998) as both a preventive and remedial framework for supporting the development of students exhibiting school disciplinary behavioral problems. The following three topics are addressed: (1)…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Group Counseling, School Counselors, Behavior Problems
Gangs: A Handbook for Teachers and Counselors Working with Immigrant Students. Publication No. GC-123.
Ponce, Ernest, Comp. – 1990
This handbook provides information about gangs for education professionals working with immigrants. As the introduction makes clear, gangs are one of the many problems that newly arrived immigrants face in their neighborhoods and at school in the United States. Following the introduction, the first section describes the types of gangs including…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Youth, Crime, Delinquency
Project 10 Handbook: Addressing Lesbian and Gay Issues in Our Schools. A Resource Directory for Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Parents and School-Based Adolescent Care Providers. Third Edition.
Friends of Project 10, Inc. – 1991
This handbook was developed by Project 10, an on-campus counseling program within the Los Angeles (California) Unified School District. The handbook covers many of the issues and problems that arise for homosexual high school students. Introductory material includes a history of the informal beginnings of Project 10. The first chapter describes…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bias, Counseling Services, Counselor Role