Creating a Classroom With Consistency, Connection, and Compassion “This text is designed to help teachers develop and operate their classrooms so they are maximally conducive to promoting the potential of all students. How does a teacher do this given the diversity of students’ cultural and social backgrounds, experiences, and entering abilities while at the same time being respectful and sensitive to each student’s needs, behaviors, and developmental readiness is something successful teachers have found a way to do. This book attempts to reveal how. It offers proven strategies and tactics to do so as it relies on the combination of scientific research and sound educational practice.” —Joseph A. Durlak, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago “Rarely have I seen authors talk about specific ways to support students with mental health needs or trauma. . . . This book provides educators with the much-needed tools to support all students.” —Loni Fife, Principal, Quentin STEM Academy for Health Sciences, Avondale, Arizona “At a time when there is a need for improved social and emotional learning, better connections with students, and flexible strategies for supporting behavior, the authors of Bolstering Student Resilience have created a very exciting and practical approach to help teachers and principals provide everything students need to build skills, be resilient, and realize their best academic performance.” —Chad Allman, Principal, Tomball Junior High School, Tomball, Texas
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eachers face an overwhelming number of initiatives and approaches for addressing students’ social, emotional, and behavioral needs. In Bolstering Student Resilience: Creating a Classroom With Consistency, Connection, and Compassion, Jason E. Harlacher and Sara A. Whitcomb clarify the major approaches and identify how to align them in the classroom. The authors discuss essential classroom features, from physical layout to instructional best practices, that support teaching prosocial skills and creating a welcoming learning environment. This book gives K–12 educators comprehensive, research-based strategies to build supportive classrooms that grow the resilience that already exists in students but needs some nurturing.
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Create predictable, safe classrooms by establishing clear structures for routines, acknowledgment, and discipline Allow flexibility and emotional space for students—particularly those with pronounced social, emotional, or behavioral needs Study the supportive discipline framework for reteaching and strengthening critical skills Give feedback that supports consistency and builds connections Provide behavioral support that matches a behavior’s function
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JASON E. HARLACHER SARA A. WHITCOMB
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