Part I PART I EXPLORING ISSUES -- chapter 1 Congressional Testimony: School Violence From the Perspective of a National Crisis Response Consultant -- chapter 2 A Comparison of Urban and Rural Conditions and Their Relationship to School Violence -- chapter 3 Decreasing School Violence: A Research Synthesis / Carolyn Kneese -- chapter 4 Violence and School Principals / Edward H. Seifert -- part II PART II SEEKING SOLUTIONS -- chapter 5 Resolving Conflicts in Schools: An Educational Approach to Violence Prevention -- chapter 6 Creating Positive Behavior Support Plans for Students With Significant Behavioral Challenges -- chapter 7 School-Community Relations: Policy and Practice / Linda Taylor -- chapter 8 Peaceable School Communities: Morality and the Ethic of Care / Linda P. Thurston -- chapter 9 The Montana Behavioral Initiative: A Statewide Response to Issues of School Violence
Summary
Ensuring Safe School Environments: Exploring Issues--Seeking Solutions presents research findings and information about school violence, with a focus on strategies for increasing school safety. Based on a special topical issue of Rural Special Education Quarterly, the original journal articles have been rewritten to address safe schools from the perspective of suburban and urban, as well as rural environments. Topics include the frequency of violence in these different settings; violence as it directly impacts school administrators; strategies for preventing and addressing violen