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L'Tanya D. Morrow-Cain – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine how to restore a child's social-emotional well being. As an administrator in a middle school, I have the opportunity to see the natural state that our children are in on a daily basis. I have observed over time, more specifically since COVID-19, that children are struggling to balance their emotions, their…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mental Health, Grade 6, Grade 7
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Liang, Christopher T. H.; Gutekunst, Malaïka H. C.; Liu, Lian; Rosenberger, Teresa; Kohler, Brooke A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Teaching youth how to self-regulate is a focus of a trauma-informed school approach. Peace Spaces, including Peace Corners and Peace Rooms, are a trauma-informed intervention used to teach self-regulation skills to students. The current study used a Consensual Qualitative Research design to identify and describe the thoughts, concerns, and…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Urban Schools, Intervention, Trauma Informed Approach
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Skrzypek, Candra; Bascug, Erin W.; Ball, Annahita; Kim, Wooksoo; Elze, Diane – Children & Schools, 2020
Restorative practices (RPs) are promising nonpunitive approaches to discipline in schools, yet researchers often overlook students' perspectives. The current study used a mixed-methods approach to explore RP Circle experiences of urban, low-income, and predominantly Black middle school students with attention to the diversity of their experiences…
Descriptors: Discipline, Racial Bias, Racial Differences, Gender Differences
Pyne, Jaymes – Sociology of Education, 2019
We know far less about the unintended social-psychological consequences of out-of-school suspensions on students than we do of the academic, behavioral, and civic consequences. Drawing on theories of socialization and deviance, I explore how suspension events influence students' emotional engagement in school through changes in their attitudes.…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Suspension, Emotional Response, Learner Engagement
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Clonan-Roy, Katherine; Gross, Nora; Jacobs, Charlotte – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2021
Drawing on qualitative research with adolescent youth of color, this paper imagines the power and potential of informal youth-driven spaces in schools as sites of emotional safety and rebellion. Calling upon Hochshild's (1979) conceptualization of the social regulation of emotions, we examine the racialized and gendered feeling rules that govern…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Adolescents, Emotional Response, Racial Bias
McCracken, Kasey – Online Submission, 2006
The INVEST sessions are intended to help AISD students and their parents improve communication skills, improve anger management strategies, develop positive conflict resolution methods, develop problem solving skills, and access support services as needed. When a middle or high school student in AISD is removed from the home campus to the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Middle School Students, High School Students, Substance Abuse