Full Description
Grounded in cutting-edge research, this book shows how interventions targeting gratitude, kindness, character strengths, optimistic thinking, hope, and healthy relationships can contribute to improved academic and social outcomes in grades 3-12. It provides a 10-session manual for promoting subjective well-being--complete with vivid case examples--that can be implemented with individuals, small groups, or whole classes. Factors that predict youth happiness are discussed, evidence-based assessment tools presented, and ways to involve teachers and parents described. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the volume includes 40 reproducible handouts and forms. Purchasers get access to a companion website where they can download and print these materials, plus online-only fidelity checklists and parent and teacher notes.
This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.
Contents
I. Overview of Student Happiness
1. Background and Rationale
2. Measuring Students' Well-Being (with E. Scott Huebner & Michael Furlong)
3. Factors Associated with Youth Subjective Well-Being
II. Student-Focused Strategies for Promoting Youth Happiness
4. Theoretical Framework Underpinning Design and Development of Positive Psychology Interventions
5. The Well-Being Promotion Program: A Selective Intervention for Adolescents (with Jessica Savage)
6. Alternative Selective and Indicated Interventions for Promoting Youth Happiness (with Brittany Hearon)
III. Ecological Strategies for Promoting Youth Happiness
7. Universal Strategies for Promoting Student Happiness (with Mollie McCullough & Denise Quinlan)
8. Family-Focused Strategies for Promoting Youth Happiness (with Rachel Roth)
IV. Professional Considerations in Promoting Happiness across Cultures and Systems
9. Cross-Cultural and International Considerations (with Gary Yu Hin Lam)
10. Integrating Positive Psychology in a Multi-Tiered System of Support (with Natalie Romer)
