ERIC_NO:
ED474633
TITLE:
Ensuring Safe School Environments: Exploring Issues--Seeking Solutions.
AUTHOR:
Fishbaugh, Mary Susan E., Ed.; Berkeley, Terry R., Ed.; Schroth, Gwen, Ed.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
2003
ABSTRACT:
This book presents research findings and information about school violence, with a focus on strategies for increasing school safety.
Articles in the book come from a special edition of the journal
Rural Special Education Quarterly, a publication of the American
Council on Rural Special Education. The articles have been rewritten
to address issues of school safety from the perspective of urban and
suburban as well as rural schools. The book contains the following
articles: "Congressional Testimony: School Violence From the
Perspective of a National Crisis Response Consultant" (Scott
Poland); "A Comparison of Urban and Rural Conditions and Their
Relationship to School Violence" (Gwen Schroth; Anita Pankake; Harry
Fullwood; Gordon Gates); "Decreasing School Violence: A Research
Synthesis" (Carolyn Kneese; Harry Fullwood; Gwen Schroth; Anita
Pankake); "Violence and School Principals" (Edward
Seifert); "Resolving Conflicts in Schools: An Educational Approach
to Violence Prevention" (Katharin Kelker); "Creating Positive
Behavior Support Plans for Students with Significant Behavioral
Challenges" (Barbara Ayres; Deborah Hedeen); "School-Community
Relations: Policy and Practices" (Linda Taylor; Howard
Adelman); "Peaceable School Communities: Morality and the Ethic of
Care" (Linda Thurston; Terry Berkeley); "The Montana Behavioral
Initiative: A Statewide Response to Issues of School Violence" (Mary
Susan Fishbaugh; Joe Furshong). The Montana Behavioral Initiative is
also included in an appendix. (Contains an author index and a
subject index). (WFA)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Crime Prevention; Educational Environment; School Safety; School Security;
MINOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Administrator Responsibility; Behavior Problems; Elementary Secondary Education; Police Community Relationship; Police School Relationship; Rural Schools; Rural Urban Differences; School Community Relationship; Special Education; Student Behavior; Violence;
IDENTIFIERS:
*Montana
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
010; 020; 055