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120 pp.
7" x 10"

ISBN-13:
9780190847067

Copyright Year:
2018

Imprint: OUP US

Mapping and Monitoring Bullying and Violence

Building a Safe School Climate

Ron Astor and Rami Benbenishty

Mapping and Monitoring Bullying and Violence is a guidebook for district and school education leaders and professionals to reduce incidents of violence and bullying and enhance students' well-being. Written in a step-by-step format, the text is designed to assist in collecting and making better use of data on non-academic issues in schools, such as reports of victimization, weapon and drug possession, theft of personal property, suicide ideation, and other areas. The authors advocate an ongoing monitoring approach that involves collecting information from multiple audiences about what is taking place in and around schools. One part of this process is mapping, which gives school leaders, students, and staff members a visual record of areas of the campus considered safe, alongside those that students view to be places where they might encounter bullying, harm, or trouble. Other common parts of such systems are surveys among students, educators, and parents. The authors include practical examples of how to design such a system, gather current information, analyze and display the data, share it with different audiences, and use it to find solutions. Ultimately, this timely guidebook is a must-have for social workers, psychologists, counselors, nurses, and others working to improve safety in schools.

Readership : School-, district-, and even state-level administrators focused on data and accountability, as well as school climate, student health and behavior, safe schools, and bullying prevention. The text would fit well in any course related to school climate, social emotional learning, school social work, or school administration.

Introduction: The Case for Monitoring and Mapping of School Violence and Bullying
1. Creating Awareness and Making a Commitment
2. Examples of Monitoring
3. Developing a Monitoring System
4. What and How to Monitor
5. Student Voice
6. The Voices of Staff Members
7. The Voices of Parents
8. Surveys
9. Focus Groups
10. Observations
11. Mapping
12. Administrative Records
13. Photos, Videos, and Other Technology
14. Analysis and Presentation
15. Sharing the Monitoring Feedback
16. Using Monitoring to Support and Improve Schools
Conclusion: Implications for the Future
Appendix
Endnotes
Index

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Ron Avi Astor, PhD, MA, MSW, is Stein-Wood Professor of School Behavioral Health at the Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work in the University of Southern California. His work examines the role of the physical, social-organizational, and cultural contexts in schools related to school violence (e.g., sexual harassment, bullying, school fights, emotional abuse, weapon use, and teacher/child violence), and has documented the ecological influences of the family, community, school, and culture on different forms of school violence. Currently, Dr. Astor is applying knowledge gained from these prior studies to improve climate in military-connected schools.

Rami Benbenishty, PhD, MSW, is Professor at the Louis & Gabi Weisfeld School of Social work in Bar Ilan University. His main area of academic focus is the safety, welfare, and well-being of children in community normative settings (such as schools) and in out-of-home placements (such as foster homes) and residential care. Dr. Benbenishty is an advocate for children's rights in Israel and around the globe.

Making Sense in the Social Sciences - Margot Northey, Lorne Tepperman and Patrizia Albanese
Bullying, School Violence, and Climate in Evolving Contexts - Ron Avi Astor and Rami Benbenisthty
Welcoming Practices - Ron Avi Astor, Linda Jacobson, Stephanie L. Wrabel, Rami Benbenishty and Diana Pineda
Bullying Scars - Ellen Walser deLara
Beyond Bullying - Jonathan Fast
From Evidence to Outcomes in Child Welfare - Edited by Aron Shlonsky and Rami Benbenishty
Bullying - Faye Mishna
School Violence in Context - Rami Benbenishty and Ron Avi Astor

Special Features

Includes examples of how monitoring can be used, suggests ways to structure survey instruments, and displays examples of school maps so readers can envision maps of their own schools.
Provides the variety of questions education professionals should ask, free resources for reference, and issues they should consider when designing a survey for their student population.
Includes some diagrams as well as charts and tables that readers can use as examples of ways to display and communicate the data to educators, parents, students, and community members.
Features sidebars that summarize the steps explained in further detail.
Shares photos from programs that have used data to improve school climate.