Developing Safer Schools and Communities for Our Children

Betsy Gunzelmann is professor of psychology at Southern New Hampshire University and author of several articles involved with improving our schools. She has worked in the field for over thirty years and is a psychologist, educator, and parent concerned with issues hindering our children’s education.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why does violence occur? Why do we have these safety issues?Part I: The Critical Need for Safer Schools and Communities for Our Children Chapter 1: The Critical Need for Safer Climates for our Children Chapter 2: The Interdisciplinary Necessity and Obligation Chapter 3: The Crucial Research Part II: What are these Safety Concerns?Chapter 4: The Parent, School, and Agency Perspectives Chapter 5: Man-Made Potential Disasters Chapter 6: Natural DisastersPart III: Understanding the Problems Underneath the ProblemsChapter 7: Sick Society Syndrome: The Psychology of the Darker Side of Our Ailing SocietyChapter 8: The Fallout in the CommunityChapter 9: The Fallout to the IndividualsPart IV: Working Together: Developing Safer Climates for Our ChildrenChapter 10: So Now What?References

It's hard not to be affected by this description of how children are emotionally and physically harmed in the 2lst century. Seeing and hearing the world through their eyes is made easier--and also more difficult--as one reads Gunzelmann's account. As she says, 'the fallout has a domino effect' on all of us.