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Description: Building Resilient Students: Integrating Resiliency Into What You Already Know and Do by Kate Thomsen, Katherine Thomsen ""At a time when student testing is at an all-time high, Kate Thomsen reminds us that as educators we are in the human potential business. This user-friendly book provides an overview of key educational trends, so teachers can easily incorporate the best of what works.""Rob Bocchino, Co-founderHeart of Change; Change of Heart AssociatesAuthor, "Emotional Literacy"Kate Thomsen??'s book is a must-read for every educator. She has synthesized the wisdom from educational megatrends of the past decades and shows us how to foster healthier, safer, and more resilient student by integrating these major learnings into what we already do. I love this book!""Beverly Title, Co-founderTeaching PeaceHygiene, CO"Create a nurturing, supportive environment where students can nurture their own resiliency!"What makes one student overcome obstacles, while another cannot seem to cope? What makes one student rise above difficult circumstances, while another flounders? Identifying the attributes of the resilient student is the first step in building resiliency in "all" of your students. This resource provides busy teachers with practical, concrete applications and activities for reframing the actions of even the most at-risk students, changing the focus from problems to solutions, from deficits to strengths."Building Resilient Students" connects resiliency to five major educational megatrends???character education, multiple intelligences, emotional intelligence, service learning, and violence prevention???and gives educators proven strategies for incorporating the "resiliency attitude" into everyday classroom experiences.Thomsen identifies a myriad of easy, yet innovative applicationsthrough six resiliency-building strategies: Care and support through meaningful relationships Opportunities to participate and contribute in meaningful ways High expectations, knowing that others believe they can be successful Pro-social bonding through positive connections with peers and adults Clear boundaries and expectations that are fair and consistent Life skills such as decision making, effective communication, and stress and conflict managementThere are seeds of resiliency in all of us. We can nurture those seeds in all students, giving them the life skills they need to become competent, healthy adults. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This essential resource provides educators with proven and practical applications for building resiliency in even the most at-risk students. Author Biography Kate Thomsen is the Supervisor of Special Programs for Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), Syracuse, New York. She is also an Adjunct Instructor at Syracuse Univer sitys Graduate School of Education and Counseling. As part of her responsibilities, she supervises the programs of 40 coun selors in a school-based drug and alcohol abuse prevention program. She frequently offers workshops on resiliency and related topics. Kate is cofounder and cochair of a local coali tion, Prevention Partners for Youth Development, which works to integrate youth development principles, especially resiliency and asset development, into all youth services in Onondaga County. A secondary English teacher with a masters degree in Rehabilitation Counseling from Syracuse University and a CAS in Educational Administration from State University of New York at Oswego, she has spent her career working in both school and community agency settings. She draws on this experience to offer many ideas and examples for building resiliency in youth. Table of Contents Foreword - Nan HendersonPreface Who Is Responsible for Building Resilience in Students? Using Resiliency Theory Is Good Educational Practice Validating the Art of Teaching and Common Sense AcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. Resiliency: The Basics Nan Henderson and the Resiliency Attitude Enter Henderson and Milsteins Resiliency Wheel Foundations of Resiliency Overview of Benards Model Overview of the Wolins Model The Challenge Model as It Relates to Brief, Solution-Oriented Therapy Overview of Asset Building Summary2. Character Education and Building Resilience Character Education Lost What Is Character Education? Working the Wheel Summary3. Multiple Intelligences Theory and Building Resilience Multiple Intelligences and Resiliency Introduction to Multiple-Intelligences Theory The Eight Intelligences How an Intelligence Develops Putting Multiple Intelligences to Use How Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences Interrelate Working the Wheel Summary4. Emotional Intelligence and Building Resilience Emotion Is the Key Emotional Intelligence Theory The Physiology of Emotions Putting Emotional Intelligence Theory Into Use Working the Wheel Summary5. Service Learning and Building Resilience Origins of the Concept of Service Learning Confusion Surrounding Service Learning Your Goals Drive Your Service Learning Continuum of Service Learning Service Learning and Building Resilience Working the Wheel Summary6. Violence Prevention and Building Resilience Understanding Low-Level Violence Working the Wheel SummaryConclusionResource A: Checklist for Assessing Students Multiple IntelligencesResource B: True Colors Word SortResource C: Additional ResourcesReferencesIndex Review "Kate Thomsens book is a must-read for every educator. She has synthesized the wisdom from educational megatrends of the past decades and shows us how to foster healthier, safer, and more resilient students by integrating these major learnings into what we already do. I love this book!" -- Beverly Title, Co-founder "At a time when student testing is at an all-time high, Kate Thomsen reminds us that as educators we are in the human potential business. This user-friendly book provides an overview of key educational trends, so teachers can easily incorporate the best of what works." -- Rob Bocchino, Co-founder Review Quote "Kate Thomsen Details ISBN076194544X Author Katherine Thomsen Short Title BUILDING RESILIENT STUDENTS Pages 224 Language English ISBN-10 076194544X ISBN-13 9780761945444 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 370.153 Illustrations Yes Year 2002 Publication Date 2002-06-30 Imprint Corwin Press Inc Country of Publication United States Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Publisher Corwin Publishers Subtitle Integrating Resiliency Into What You Already Know and Do DOI 10.1604/9780761945444 Audience Professional and Scholarly NZ Release Date 2002-08-28 US Release Date 2002-08-28 UK Release Date 2002-08-28 AU Release Date 2002-08-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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