Encouragement in the Classroom: How do I help students stay positive and focused? (ASCD Arias), May/2014
| Author(s) | Joan Young |
| ISBN10 | 1416619186 |
| ISBN13 | 9781416619185 |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 52 |
| Year Publish | 2014 May |
Synopsis
When stress from testing, problems from home, and lack of motivation affect your students' positive attitudes toward learning, you need practices to buffer against these factors' negative effects. This ASCD Arias® publication comes to your rescue with classroom-tested strategies, routines, and rituals to help you create a supportive learning environment. Drawing from positive psychology research, educator Joan Young describes
- High-impact changes you can make to engage students and transform their school experience.
- How to foster humor, curiosity, resilience, and gratitude in the classroom.
- Practical tips you can use to inspire and empower students every day.
Lots of examples are included to help you create a positive classroom culture and increase student learning.
About The Author:
Joan Young is a teacher and therapeutic coach with 10 years of teaching experience in elementary classrooms and 25 years of experience tutoring students of all ages. She is passionate about exploring ways to bring out students' strengths and specializes in working with students who need extra support in self-regulation and executive functioning skills.
Joan holds a master's degree in clinical psychology and worked as a foster care social worker for seven years before becoming a teacher. Her principle interests include the application of positive psychology to education, how resilience can help children who have experienced trauma and loss, mindfulness in schools, and teaching through multiple modalities.
She is the author of 25 Super Sight Word Songs & Mini Books (Scholastic, 2009) and the blog Finding Ways for All Kids to Flourish. She may be reached at flourishingkids@gmail.com.
