nc . D ,I -E PR O m at er ia lb y CONTENTS PREFACE 1 The Use of Force 2 co py r ig ht ed Walking in the Footsteps of Troubled Students: How Classical Literature Portrays the Psychological Struggles of Troubled Children and Youth ARTICLE 1.1 William Carlos Williams © CHAPTER 1: xv ARTICLE 1.2 The Day of the Last Rock Fight 7 Joseph Whitehill ARTICLE 1.3 To Sir, with Love 25 E. R. Braithwaite ARTICLE 1.4 Doctor Jack-o’-Lantern 36 Richard Yates ARTICLE 1.5 Down These Mean Streets 53 Piri Thomas vii CONTENTS ARTICLE 1.6 ARTICLE 1.7 ARTICLE 1.8 Interview with a Patient—The Voice of an Alcoholic Teenager 59 A Student’s Reminiscence About Her Alcoholic Mother 60 From Down-and-Out to Up-and-Coming 62 Ryan Gauthier Connecting with Troubled Students: The Psychology of Helping nc . ARTICLE 2.1 As I Grow Respect Jerome His Law (Grade 7) lb y The Curriculum of Control: Twelve Reasons for It, Some Arguments Against It m at er ia ARTICLE 2.3 PR O -E Echo LeBeaux (Grade 5) ARTICLE 2.2 67 D ,I CHAPTER 2: 72 73 73 Polly Nichols ARTICLE 2.4 Beyond the Curriculum of Control 88 Mental Health Professionals and Teachers: How Do the Twain Meet? 102 co py r ig ARTICLE 2.5 ht ed Larry K. Brendtro and Martin Brokenleg William C. Morse ARTICLE 2.6 © viii CHAPTER 3: Seven Habits of Reclaiming Relationships 120 Erik K. Laursen Connecting with the World of Troubled Students: Their Family, School, and Community 133 ARTICLE 3.1 Collaboration with Families: From Myth to Reality 138 Naomi Karp ARTICLE 3.2 Five Ways Teachers Can Help Children from Single-Parent Families Myrna Olson 143 CONTENTS ARTICLE 3.3 Growing Up Without Family Privilege 149 John R. Seita ARTICLE 3.4 Unmasking the Terror 155 Jamie C. Chambers ARTICLE 3.5 Bridging Cultures 162 169 Elements of an Effective Re-EDucation Program for the 21st Century 172 PR O ARTICLE 4.1 D ,I The Therapeutic Classroom: Strategies and Skills of Successful Methods and Social–Emotional Curricula -E CHAPTER 4: nc . Martin Brokenleg Bridget A. Walker and Frank A. Fecser lb y No Child Left Behind and the Changing Role of the Special Educator: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? 186 m at er ia ARTICLE 4.2 Charles A. Chrystal and Lenore B. Luciano Psychiatric Disorders and Treatments: A Primer for Teachers 192 ht ed ARTICLE 4.3 co py r ig Steven R. Forness, Hill M. Walker, and Kenneth A. Kavale © ARTICLE 4.4 ARTICLE 4.5 Spitting from Windmills: The Therapeutic Value of Effective Instruction 212 Claudia Lann Valore Bibliotherapy: The Intersection of Literacy and Social–Emotional Intervention 222 Felicia Fago-Demchuk and Elaine Harper ARTICLE 4.6 On Being a Teacher–Counselor 241 Paul Filipek CHAPTER 5: The Dynamics of Group Forces in the Classroom: Strategies and Skills for Promoting Positive Group Behavior 245 ix CONTENTS ARTICLE 5.1 Five Psychological Games Classroom Groups Play 252 Ruth G. Newman ARTICLE 5.2 Group Contagion: No Teacher Is Immune! 270 Ruth G. Newman ARTICLE 5.3 The Mailbox Episode: A Delinquent Group Act 274 William C. Morse Creating Cohesive Groups in Re-ED Settings: The Classroom Meeting nc . ARTICLE 5.4 An Example of Promoting Group Cohesion and Positive Group Behavior in an Emotionally Disturbed Classroom 297 PR O -E ARTICLE 5.5 281 D ,I Thomas G. Valore Steve Parese lb y Teaching Self-Control: A Curriculum for Responsible Behavior m at er ia ARTICLE 5.6 300 Martin Henley Promoting Positive Student Behavior: Essential Concepts and Skills for Effective Classroom Discipline 309 ig ht ed CHAPTER 6: Building Safe and Reclaiming Schools: A Certification Program of the LSCI Institute co py r ARTICLE 6.1 315 Nicholas J. Long and Frank A. Fecser © x ARTICLE 6.2 The Conflict Cycle Paradigm: How Troubled Students Get Teachers Out of Control 325 Nicholas J. Long ARTICLE 6.3 The Four Choices of Managing Surface Behavior of Students 350 Nicholas J. Long and Ruth G. Newman ARTICLE 6.4 But That’s Not Fair! Mary Beth Hewitt 360 CONTENTS ARTICLE 6.5 Fifteen Teacher Intervention Skills for Managing Classroom Behavior Problems 369 Stanley A. Fagen ARTICLE 6.6 Keeping Students and Schools Safe 391 Jerilyn Dufresne with Michael Dorn Masking the Feeling of Being Stupid Understanding and Helping Children Who Do Not Talk in School PR O ARTICLE 7.2 lb y Ralph J. Gemelli Reaching Angry and Unattached Kids m at er ia ARTICLE 7.3 409 -E Sally L. Smith D ,I ARTICLE 7.1 399 nc . Beyond Student Behavior: Strategies and Skills To Help Students Involved in Chronic Self-Defeating Patterns of Behavior 418 436 Fred G. Tully and Larry K. Brendtro ARTICLE 7.4 Understanding and Managing the Passive– Aggressive Student 452 ig Helping the Student with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder in the Regular Classroom co py r ARTICLE 7.5 ht ed Jody E. Long and Nicholas J. Long 463 Larry B. Silver © CHAPTER 7: ARTICLE 7.6 “Drugships”: How Kids Make Relationships with Addictive Behaviors 479 Jamie C. Chambers and Teresa Henrickson ARTICLE 7.7 Despair at Any Age 489 Norman Alessi ARTICLE 7.8 Answering the Cry for Help—Suicidal Thoughts and Actions 499 Eleanor C. Guetzloe xi CONTENTS Maintaining the Dignity and Rights of Gay and Lesbian Students ARTICLE 7.9 509 Kathy J. Gill ARTICLE 7.10 Understanding the World of the “Fat Kid”: Can Schools Help Provide a Better Experience? 515 Kenneth R. Fox and Laurel D. Edmunds ARTICLE 7.11 Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who Is the Thinnest of Them All? 525 D ,I Classroom Crisis as an Opportunity: Strategies and Skills of Life Space Crisis Intervention 539 ARTICLE 8.1 PR O -E CHAPTER 8: nc . Roger Verdon Crisis Intervention in Schools ARTICLE 8.2 lb y William C. Morse Emotional First Aid: Bandaids for the Bumps 540 549 ARTICLE 8.3 m at er ia Carol A. Merritt-Petrashek Home for the Holidays: A Red-Flag, Carry-In, Reclaiming Intervention 572 A Study on the Effectiveness of Life Space Crisis Intervention for Students Identified with Emotional Disturbances 585 co py r ig ARTICLE 8.4 ht ed John W. Hill and Nicholas J. Long Carol A. Dawson © xii CHAPTER 9: New Visions, Concepts, and Skills for Teachers of At-Risk and Troubled Students ARTICLE 9.1 Future Directions with Troubled Children 603 604 James M. Kauffman ARTICLE 9.2 Personal Struggles in Reclaiming Troubled Students 616 Nicholas J. Long ARTICLE 9.3 Mind-Sets for a Happier Life Jo Webber 624 CONTENTS ARTICLE 9.4 How To Be a Turnaround Teacher 635 Bonnie Benard ARTICLE 9.5 The Resilience Code: Finding Greatness in Youth 645 Larry Brendtro and Scott Larson ARTICLE 9.6 New Directions in Prevention with At-Risk Students 658 David D. Moore What Works in Prevention: The Search Continues An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound of Metal Detectors -E ARTICLE 9.8 D ,I Peter L. Benson Improving Services for Children with Emotional and Behavioral Problems 688 lb y ARTICLE 9.9 677 PR O Linda Lantieri 669 nc . ARTICLE 9.7 ARTICLE 9.10 m at er ia Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice Neuroscience and the Helping Process 695 Paul W. Baker The Spirit of Re-EDucation ht ed ARTICLE 9.11 708 co py r ig Frank A. Fecser 711 ABOUT THE EDITORS 731 © INDEX xiii