Reducing Anger and Violence in Schools - 9780367427795

Taylor & Francis

Reducing Anger and Violence in SchoolsAn Evidence-Based Approach\nAuthor(s): William Ketterer\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367427795, 978-0367427795\nSynopsis\nWilliam Ketterer is the winner of the APA 2021 Distinguished Contributions of Applications of Psychology to Education and Training Award This book provides school teachers, counselors, administrators, therapists, and parents an accessible and evidence-based approach to reduce violence in schools. The work outlines how self-esteem controls emotions and helps regulate expression of aggressive and violent feelings and behavior. The work demonstrates in three distinct parts how faculty can reduce and prevent violence in their schools by using the student-teacher relationship: theory, case studies, and learning activities. Anger and violence are reduced through increasing childrens self-esteem, which is developed through important relationships with adult.