The Center for Disease Control has estimated that over half of our nation's children have experienced at least one or two types of childhood trauma. That adversity can have lasting effects. When I began to have opportunities to speak and advocate for students and for teachers, I found myself...
I was in Year 4 when I first told my teacher that I was a boy in a girl’s body,” recalls Danny Elliott*. “She laughed it off and said I’d feel different when I was older. I repeated my belief to other teachers while I was still at primary school, but none of them took m...
We apply principles of learning to how teachers can more effectively help students develop declarative, procedural, and conditional SEL knowledge using five pedagogies of SEL: modeling by narrating thoughts or demonstrating SEL behavior; practice promotion by having students repeat SEL information or ...
Seeking further mental health care for emotional distress caused by teachers bullying students may also be beneficial. A professional can help validate your child’s feelings and experiences as well as monitor and address symptoms of potential mental health challenges that may have arisen due to mistr...
Other caring adults can help: friends, teachers, neighbors, coaches, mentors, or others. Having steadfast support lends stability and helps kids build self-esteem, self-reliance, and strength. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an icon of resilience. She grew up in a Brooklyn working-class neighborhood and...
By exposing students to a range of experiences and perspectives, teachers can help them appreciate the richness and complexity of the world around them. Encourage acts of kindness and service – Teachers can build empathy and understanding in the classroom by encouraging their students to engage ...
Whether teachers react differently to children who were abused; How sexual abuse can directly result in academic problems and psychological problems; Why some teachers have different academic expectations for sexually abused children.O'DonohueWilliam...
scheduling, school adjustment and attendance problems. A Student Advisor provides support to students with personal and social issues. He or she is required to talk to teachers, parents and other professionals such as psychologists, social workers and speech therapists on various issues and concerns....
Juliette D. G. GoldmanFaculty of EducationPeter GrimbeekFaculty of EducationSpringerHigher EducationGoldman, J. D. G. & P. Grimbeek. (2009). How university student-teachers for primary school learn about Department of Education policy on child sexual abuse and mandated reporting: The sources of...
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2023.2292161 From Becoming to Being: how STEM teachers develop leadership identities Kelsey Quaisley a, Wendy M. Smith b, Brett Criswellc, Rachel Funkb and Anna Hutchinsond aDepartment of Mathematics, Oregon State ...