Resilient Playgrounds

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Beth Doll Katherine Brehm (school psychologist, Ysleta School District, El Paso, Texas, USA)

Resilient Playgrounds

Beth Doll, Katherine Brehm (school psychologist, Ysleta School District, El Paso, Texas, USA)

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Routledge
11 November 2009

Counselling & advice services; Education: care & counselling of students; Examinations & assessment; Teaching skills & techniques; Extra-curricular activities; Psychotherapy

Series: School-Based Practice in Action

While recess provides children with a time to play and take a break from the school day, research has shown that it is also a necessary and vital part of their social, emotional, and academic development.

This book provides tools and strategies for school mental health professionals, teachers, and administrators to evaluate and improve the recess experience in order to ensure that children benefit as much as possible from this important time. Using a data-based problem solving strategy, the author presents methods for assessing playgrounds, identifying features that may negatively impact students and their social interactions, intervening to modify and strengthen these features, and monitoring to guarantee that the interventions have created successful outcomes.

An accompanying CD contains forms, examples, PowerPoint presentations, and other resources to support the procedures discussed throughout the book.

By: Beth Doll, Katherine Brehm (school psychologist, Ysleta School District, El Paso, Texas, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: v. 2
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780415960885
ISBN 10: 0415960886
Series: School-Based Practice in Action
Pages: 183
Publication Date: 11 November 2009
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction to Resilient Playgrounds. Students' Peer Relationships. School Playground Facilities. Data-based Problem Solving. Playground Interventions. Documenting the Impact of Resilient Playgrounds. Case Examples.

Dr. Beth Doll is a Professor in the School Psychology Program of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She is Nebraska’s School Psychologist of the Year in 2005, serves on the editorial board of all three major school psychology journals, is an Associate Editor of School Psychology Quarterly, and has served as an officer or president of three state school psychology associations as well as Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Katherine Brehm is a long-time practitioner of school psychology. She is currently a school psychologist with the Ysleta School District in El Paso, Texas, where she provides consultation services in inclusive classrooms to enhance the social-emotional functioning of students with learning and behavior problems. She was also a practicing school psychologist for sixteen years in Colorado, where she was School Psychologist of the Year in 2001, a guest reviewer for a major school psychology journal, and a board member of the school psychology associations in Colorado and Texas.

Reviews for Resilient Playgrounds

This book addresses the planning, structure, and efficient guidance for staff and teachers to use to make recess the interactive physical, social, and emotional experience we desire our children to have. Doll gives you the text and the easy-to-print checklists, analysis techniques, and PowerPoint presentations to make it all happen. This is a must have for the school'sleadership team. - Kevin P. Dwyer, Past President, National Associationof School Psychologists, Associate Principal Research Scientist for the American Institutes for Research, USA Resilient Playgrounds and its accompanying CD provides classroom teachers, school administrators, and other educators with a wealth of practical suggestions and materials to help make playgrounds physically, socially, and emotionally safe places for all children. - George Bear, Profesor, School of Education, University of Delaware In a profound and skillfully written book, Beth Doll asks the imperative question, 'what is the purpose of recess?' Employing a data-based problem-solving model, she adroitly addresses the prospect of designing playgrounds to promote an attenuation of conflict, social competencies, and positive peer interactions that endure. - Thomas J. Kehle, Professor and Coordinator, School Psychology Program, University of Connecticut, USA