Secondary schools are teeming with teens whose attitudes and actions can sometimes be unpredictable, uncalled-for, and unproductive.

Familiar problems like bullying, cheating, teasing, whining, sleeping in class, fighting, showing up late, and failing to do assignments, frequently disrupt classroom instruction, jeopardize student success, and undermine school cohesion. But it doesn't have to be that way.

In Safe & Healthy Secondary Schools, educators learn how teachers, administrators, and support staff can build a collaborative and cooperative learning environment where high school students receive the positive behavioral support they need to succeed. Included are strategies on how to provide adequate supervision, forge relationships with alienated and disconnected students (and their families), and empower students to deal with anger and frustration rationally rather than recklessly. Insights into how the teenage brain influences behavior, for better or worse, are also provided.

True-to-life stories explain how teachers, administrators and support staff can create collaborative and cooperative learning communities.

Reviews:
"The click between child and adult comes quicker than one thinks. "Safe and Healthy Secondary Schools" explores the importance of a good and safe learning environment in modern public schools and how to attain such a status. Pre-teens and teenagers are hit with a swath of emotions and needs brought on by adulthood and when school adds to their problems, it can lead to a lack of interest in educational and academic endeavors. "Safe and Healthy Secondary Schools" is an excellent read with plenty of useful information, highly recommended."
~The Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch, The Education Shelf, James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief

Published by Boys Town Press
Dimensions: 7 x 10
Pages: 220
ISBN: 978-1-934490-11-2