Shannon M Suldo

Promoting Student Happiness

Positive Psychology Interventions in Schools

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Grounded in cutting-edge research, this book shows how interventions targeting gratitude, kindness, character strengths, optimistic thinking, hope, and healthy relationships can contribute to improved academic and social outcomes in grades 3-12. It provides a 10-session manual for promoting subjective well-being--complete with vivid case examples--that can be implemented with individuals, small groups, or whole classes. Factors that predict youth happiness are discussed, evidence-based assessment tools presented, and ways to involve teachers and parents described.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Guilford Publications
• Seitenzahl: 273
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 264mm x 203mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781462526802
• ISBN-10: 1462526802
• Artikelnr.: 44794560

Autorenporträt

Shannon M. Suldo, PhD, is Director of Clinical Training and Professor in the School Psychology Program at the University of South Florida. Her research focuses on youth happiness, and she has completed numerous studies to understand factors that explain differences in students' levels of happiness. She frequently presents her work at local, state, national, and international conferences, and has extensive experience implementing positive psychology interventions in elementary, middle, and high schools. Dr. Suldo is a recipient of the Lightner Witmer Award from Division 16 (School Psychology) of the American Psychological Association. She has coauthored more than 60 journal articles and 10 book chapters.

Inhaltsangabe

I. Overview of Student Happiness
1. Background and Rationale
2. Measuring Students' Well-Being (with E. Scott Huebner & Michael Furlong)
3. Factors Associated with Youth Subjective Well-Being
II. Student-Focused Strategies for Promoting Youth Happiness
4. Theoretical Framework Underpinning Design and Development of Positive
Psychology Interventions
5. The Well-Being Promotion Program: A Selective Intervention for
Adolescents (with Jessica Savage)
6. Alternative Selective and Indicated Interventions for Promoting Youth
Happiness (with Brittany Hearon)
III. Ecological Strategies for Promoting Youth Happiness
7. Universal Strategies for Promoting Student Happiness (with Mollie
McCullough & Denise Quinlan)
8. Family-Focused Strategies for Promoting Youth Happiness (with Rachel
Roth)
IV. Professional Considerations in Promoting Happiness across Cultures and
Systems
9. Cross-Cultural and International Considerations (with Gary Yu Hin Lam)
10. Integrating Positive Psychology in a Multi-Tiered System of Support
(with Natalie Romer)