Resilient Classrooms: Creating Healthy Environments for Learning

This indispensable practitioner resource presents classroom-based strategies for supporting all students' success and psychological wellness in grades K-9. The authors clearly explain what makes a classroom a healthy place to learn. They describe effective procedures for recognising when a classroom is lacking essential supports, intervening to put missing supports into place, and evaluating the effects on learning and development. Rich case studies show how the strategies have been used by actual educators. Reproducible worksheets and planning tools are included; the large-size format and lay-flat binding facilitate photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

New to This Edition

• Incorporates a substantial new research base.
• Expanded K-9 grade range.
• Discussions of timely topics: English language learners, cultural diversity, response to intervention, and positive behavior supports.
• Most case studies are new.
• Seven additional reproducibles (intervention strategy sheets).

This book is part of The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Resilient Classroom
2. What Are Resilient Classrooms?
3. Relationship Characteristics of Resilient Classrooms
4. Autonomy-Promoting Characteristics of Resilient Classrooms
5. Assessing the Resilience of Classrooms
6. Convening the Systems for Change
7. Including the Classroom's Students in Planning and Decision Making
8. Developing and Implementing Effective Strategies
9. Evaluating the Impact of Resilient Classrooms for External Audiences
10. Integrating the Resilient Classroom with Existing School Mental Health Services

Appendix A. ClassMaps Survey

Appendix B. Worksheets

"Until the first edition of Resilient Classrooms was published, I'd been searching for decades for a research-based, easy-to-use resource for improving classroom climate, student connectedness, and achievement. This book enables teachers to define concerns, develop doable solutions, and show measurable progress, and it helps school psychologists and administrators work with teachers to support implementation. Real-life examples and worksheets help you structure your intervention plans. Resilient Classrooms, Second Edition, exemplifies the best of effective consultation, team-based problem solving, and instructional leadership. It should be made available to every teacher and grade-level team in your school."
- Kevin P. Dwyer, MA, NCSP, past president, National Association of School Psychologists

"This book combines a strong theoretical and empirical foundation with a how-to guide for educators and consultants. A highlight is the inclusion of strategies and examples of how children can participate in building resilient classrooms. The book contains an invaluable range of resources for educators interested in creating environments that facilitate children's learning. I highly recommend this second edition for graduate students and professionals who work directly in classrooms or work with teachers as consultants."
- Bonnie K. Nastasi, PhD, Department of Psychology, Tulane University

"This book offers a welcome classroom-centered approach to school problem solving. Shifting the focus from targeting individual student deficits, Doll, Brehm, and Zucker present a user-friendly model built on classroom meetings and teacher-student collaboration. The resilient classrooms model combines respect for student perspectives with practical, everyday strategies that teachers can use to improve learning environments and promote positive social relationships. Written in a clear, accessible style, this is a great resource for school psychologists, counselors, teachers, and administrators, as well as school psychology trainers."
- Stephanie H. McConaughy, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology (Emerita), University of Vermont