Full Description
Stress and Coping of English Learners addresses the many ways that ELs face academic and socioemotional stress in the K-12 school environment, the consequences of this stress at school, how they cope with this stress, and how school personnel and families can provide support and help. While enrollment in school programs offers assistance to many ELs, it often fails to provide the socioemotional support that ELs need as they navigate the rough waters of schooling. American schooling is often not prepared and/or unwilling to help ELs as they adapt to an unfamiliar language, culture, social norms, communication techniques, and teachers' expectations. Given the proper foundation and emotional support, ELs will be positioned for greater academic success, comfort at school, and a decrease in their sense of alienation in both the school environment and at home as they try to negotiate between two cultural environments.
Contents
Acknowledgments.
Problematizing the Experiences of English Learners in U.S. Schools
Secure Attachments in Schools: Adults as Ambassadors Mediating Newcomer Students' Social and Emotional Adaptation
Language Brokering: Effects on Parent-Child Relationships, Bilingualism, and Cognitive and Emotional Development
The Role of School and Teachers in English Learners' Socioemotional Well-Being
Coping as a Line of Flight in a Linguistically Diverse Kindergarten Classroom
"He Needs Help": Marking and Marginalizing English Learners Through Peer Interactions
Understanding English Learners From Socioemotional Perspectives
Exploring the Collaborative Foundations of Trauma-Informed Service Provision for Refugee Students: A West Michigan Case Study
Negative Emotion Discourses in School and Family Contexts: A Narrative Inquiry Approach to an English Learner's Stories of Experience
The Power of Relationships for English Learners: Friendships Cultivating Linguistic Agency
Family Structures of Refugee Students in the U.S. and Their Effects on Schooling
Embracing Possibilities for English Learner Inclusion, Comfort, and Care
About the Authors.
Index.
