Full Description
Discover how to improve achievement, happiness, and resilience using the science of hope
The current mental health crisis is driving many teachers to leave the profession while students struggle with engagement and anxiety. Trauma-informed coping mechanisms are helpful, but this book goes a step further by incorporating much-needed but often-missing support to help learners feel hopeful and provide educators with resources to care for themselves.
Based on research around the psychological science of hope, this guidebook provides strategies educators and school leaders can use daily to help students feel secure, build relationships, and improve academic outcomes. Included are practices and interventions that can be woven into classrooms and schools to foster mental wellness and happiness using
Classroom materials, tools, and reproducibles
Scientific resources to quickly assess and monitor hope
Simple plans of action to improve hope, engagement, and motivation
Vignettes from classrooms and the author's own experiences with children who have experienced extreme trauma
Backed by the latest research, The School of Hope will encourage higher academic attainment and equity, inspiring a sense of deeper fulfillment for both students and educators.
Contents
Chapter 1-H.O.P.E. Makers: Trauma brain, society, and the power of you
Chapter 2-Healing: Safety, Coping, and Connections
Safety: Trauma, safety, and fostering healing
Coping: Strategies and tools to help daily interactions
Connections: Building positive relationships and repairing trust
Compassion for Colleagues: Building a healing culture of support
Chapter 3- Overcoming: Hope and Goals
Hope: Using hope scores to foster resilience from setback, trauma, and ACEs
Goals: Using The Learning Goal Cycle to build hope and success
Compassion for Colleagues: Growing Hopeful Cultures for The Long Game
Chapter 4-Planning: Pathways, Belief, and Practicing
Pathways: Possibility Blindness and Learning
Belief: Using representation, social models, and environments to foster possibility
Practicing: Creating and using pathways for problems
Compassion for Colleagues: Pathways for problematic organizational practices and lack of support
Chapter 5 Energizing: Agency and Motivation
Agency: Building agency with willpower strategies
Motivation: Infusing intrinsic drive and positive mindsets
Compassion for Colleagues: Supporting and motivating each other
Chapter 6: The School of H.O.P.E.: Patience, support, and connections for your journey
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