Educational Psychology, Education - Philosophy & Social Aspects, Psychology of Education, Education - At-Risk Children, Academic Counseling, Developmental Psychology

The Empowering School

Name: The Empowering School
Author: William Fibkinjs
ISBN: 9780893903305

by William Fibkinjs

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Overview

William L. Fibkins' Empowering School program has helped thousands of young people become better listeners, quit smoking or drinking, stay in school, increase their academic performance, and help each other through crisis.

The key, says Fibkins, is getting everyone on board: getting everyone in your school to own and share responsibility for your students' healthy development. This includes each person or group with a vested interest in students:

administrators
counselors
peer helping students
community members
teachers
support staff and select parents
recovering students

The author shares stories and information about how the Empowering School works, including the seven steps to creating one:

1. establishing the Empowering School Team
2. assessing your school's needs
3. setting goals
4. selecting the facilitator
5. developing the program according to your school's needs
6. training the team
7. putting the plan into action

In addition to the core program, The Empowering School includes six related sample programs: Smoking Cessation, Alcohol Abuse, Addicted Students Identification and Intervention, Eating Disorders, Alternative School, and School Crisis.