Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften Students of Trauma: A Handbook for Classroom Teaching in an Environment of Suffering

Students of Trauma: A Handbook for Classroom Teaching in an Environment of Suffering provides educators with real world strategies for working with students who have experienced trauma and who express that trauma through depression, aggression, anxiety, hyperactivity, and suspicion. This handbook, based on current educational research and on the experiences of actual teachers, provides practical guidance to individuals working in schools with hurting young people. What sets this handbook apart from other trauma-informed education texts is its emphasis on specific and direct actions and attitudes that teachers can take today to make a powerful difference in the lives of their most troubled students. Students of Trauma will be a helpful addition to the libraries of classroom teachers, their administrators, and those who train them. Review "As every public educator knows, many students are hurting, and teachers need the right professional attitudes and the right instructional strategies to make the right kind of difference amid all that pain. Within these pages, Dr. Shepherd provides what is needed in a very compelling and, most importantly, in a very practical way. I highly recommend this very valuable book."--Doug Eicher, Director of Special Education, Lawrence, Kansas (retired) "After a lifetime of educating others, I've become convinced that teaching, at its core, is relational, and for students who have experienced trauma that truth becomes even more necessary. I strongly recommend this book to you because it makes that case in a powerful way, but more importantly, it does so by being very practical. Dr. Shepherd's book will be a valuable, real-world asset for teachers who want to help their students in greatest need. I really think this book has the potential to be a landmark work much like Alan Dewitt Button's pioneering and highly insightful 1969 book, The Authentic Child."--Robert A. Vartabedian, President Emeritus, Missouri Western State University About the Author Dan Shepherd is an associate professor within the Department of Education at Missouri Western State University. Previously, Dr. Shepherd served as a public high school English teacher and as a public school administrator, both at the building and district levels.