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Creating Emotionally Safe Schools, Second Edition
Whether students feel stressed or supported has a profound impact on their success, sense of belonging, and behavior. Designed as a guide for education professionals and parents, this book explores emotional safety, its effect on learning, and practical strategies for fostering well-being. Discover how to shape students’ emotional responses by modeling healthy expression, building community, and nurturing self-awareness and self-management.
Benefits
- Foster emotional safety and belonging in schools.
- Address how stress and anxiety impact the learning environment.
- Address students’ emotional needs and cultivate positive relationships in the classroom.
- Strengthen classroom management with healthy approaches and practices.
- Maintain authority while balancing structure with freedom.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I: Dimensions of a Very Big Picture
Chapter 1: What Safety Is—It’s Not Just About Guns
Chapter 2: The Heart of the Matter—Feelings and School
Chapter 3: Safety—It’s a Brain Thing
Chapter 4: Learning and the Brain—Building New Neural Networks
Chapter 5: Body and Mind—Working Together for Growth
Chapter 6: Where Children Are Coming From—Stress and Adaptation
Chapter 7: Over the Edge—A World of Violence
Chapter 8: Brave New World—The Changing Role of the School
Chapter 9: All Are Welcome Here—The Need for Community
Chapter 10: Snags in the Tapestry—Aspects of Dysfunctionality
Chapter 11: More Welcome Than Others—Discrimination and Belonging
Chapter 12: How Does Your Garden Grow? More Diversity, More Discrimination
Part II: The Toolbox
Chapter 13: Academic Safety—Learning and Success
Chapter 14: Emotional Safety—Personal and Character Development
Chapter 15: Social Safety—Belonging and Interpersonal Competence
Chapter 16: Behavioral Safety—Discipline and Cooperation
Chapter 17: Physical Safety—The Student Body
Part III: The Grown-Ups
Chapter 18: Teacher Safety—Protecting the Protectors
Chapter 19: The Collaborators—Families and Community
Epilogue: Are We Almost There Yet?
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Appendix
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
Books
- Eller, J. F., & Hierck, T. (2021). Trauma-sensitive instruction: Creating a safe and predictable classroom environment. Solution Tree Press.
- Eller, J. F., & Hierck, T. (2022). Trauma-sensitive leadership: Creating a safe and predictable school environment. Solution Tree Press.
- Hierck, T. (2019). Managing unstoppable learning (D. Fisher & N. Frey, Eds.). Solution Tree Press.
- Stobaugh, R. (2023). 30+ movement strategies to boost cognitive engagement: Activating minds and bodies to maximize student learning. Solution Tree Press.
- Williams, K. C., & Hierck, T. (2015). Starting a movement: Building culture from the inside out in professional learning communities. Solution Tree Press.
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