Ensouling Our Schools : A Universally Designed Framework for Mental Health, Well-Being, and Reconciliation.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedications -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Are Schools an Archaic Institution? -- Health Promoting Schools -- Weaving the Threads -- PART I: Ensouled Learning Communities: Finding Meaning and Purpose -- Chapter 1: Spirit and Soul in Education -- What Do We Mean by Soul/Spirit? -- The History -- Communities of Care -- Social and Emotional Learning -- Teachers as Change Agents -- The Vision of Spiritual Education -- Why Spiritual Education Is Critical in the 21st Century -- Bringing It All Together -- Chapter 2: Neurology, Trauma, Well-Being, and Mental Health in Our Schools -- Indigenous Views of Mental Health and Well-Being -- Mino-Pimatisiwin -- The Four Spirits -- The Circle of Courage -- Mental Health: Contemporary Western Views -- Mental Health and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) -- Positive Mental Health -- The Role of Trauma, and the Promise of Plasticity -- School-Based Mental-Health Services and Programs -- Teacher Impacts -- Impacts on Families and Communities -- Chapter 3: The TRC and Indigenous Worldviews of Education for Well-Being -- Context and Relationship -- The Indian Act -- The Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- The Role of Schools and Teachers in Reconciliation -- Education as a Way Forward -- Chapter 4: Leadership for Inclusion and UDL -- Universal Design for Learning -- The Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learning -- Leadership in an Inclusive Culture -- Effective Leadership for Inclusive Education -- Building Powerful Forms of Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 5: Weaving the Threads -- From Distress to Success -- The Connections -- It's All About Relationships -- Neurology -- Designed for Some, Of Benefit to All: Reconciliation as Reflecting the Values of UDL -- The Science and the Art of Ensouling Our Schools.

The Gift of Plasticity and the Hope of Reconciliation: We Can Grow and Change -- Framing Well-Being -- PART II: How to Build Flourishing Learning Communities -- Chapter 6: Classroom-Based Programming -- Response to Intervention -- Universal Design for Learning -- Tier l of RTI in the Three-Block-Model of Universal Design -- Social and Emotional Learning: Block One of the TBM -- Strategy One: The Respecting Diversity (RD) Program -- Strategy Two: Spirit Buddies -- Strategy Three: Creating Democratic Classrooms -- Chapter 7: Addressing Mental-Health Needs with All Students -- A Framework for Well-Being -- Mental-Health Literacy -- The Brain Unit: Mental-Health Literacy the UDL Way -- Strategies for Well-Being -- Breathing and Its Effects on the Brain -- Managing Our Environment -- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) -- Tier 2/3: How Do I Know When to Be Concerned? -- Chapter 8: Programming for Reconciliation and Education for Reconciliation -- TRC Resources and Lesson Ideas -- The Medicine Wheel and Well-Being -- Calls to Action and Teacher Responsibilities -- Chapter 9: Moving Toward Joy -- Joy, Neurology, and Engagement -- Finding Meaning and Purpose -- Indigenous Perspectives on Connecting with the Whole -- Instructional Practices for Well-Being and Joy -- Connecting Mental-Health Programming with Curriculum Across the School Year -- A Sample Unit Connecting Mathematics and Well-Being -- Scheduling Programming Across the Year -- Elementary School -- High School -- Chapter 10: School Culture and Staff Well-Being -- Building Staff Culture -- Team Building: The RD Program for Staff -- Setting the Vision: School Plans for Well-Being -- Building and Supporting Collaborative Practice and Teacher Leadership -- Supporting Teacher Professional Learning -- Finally, Make It Fun! -- Conclusion: A Story of Hope -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Resource Lists.

Appendix B: Multiple Intelligence Surveys -- Appendix C: Brain Diagrams -- Appendix D: The Brain and the Senses -- Appendix E: Brain Unit Rubric -- Appendix F: The Neuron -- Appendix G: Emotion and Mental Health Words -- Appendix H: Mental Illnesses -- Appendix I: Warning Signs of a Mental Illness -- Appendix J: Mental-Health Scenarios -- Appendix K: Rubrics for Treaty Education -- References -- Index -- Blank Page -- Blank Page.

In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis.

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