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Among the many models of school reform that have emerged in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, one has endured for more than 50 years: the School Development Program (SDP). Established in 1968 by renowned child psychiatrist James P. Comer and the Yale Child Study Center, the SDP is grounded in the belief that successful schooling-particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds-must focus on the whole child. With that in mind, the SDP...
2) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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2024.
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English
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After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need...
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Center for Responsive Schools, Inc
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[2017]
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English
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Drawing on decades of educational experience and a wealth of research. "Yardsticks" invites every adult who teaches or cares for children to celebrate the incredible developmental journey that occurs from ages four through fourteen. Combining easy-to-access information about the cognitive, social-emotional, and physical characteristics unique to each age with practical advice for how to apply this knowledge, "Yardsticks" offers parents and educators...