Actively Caring for People in Schools: How to Cultivate a Culture of Compassion

by E. Scott Geller

Overview

Seven research-based lessons from psychology—the science of human experience—inspire the development of an actively caring for people (AC4P) culture. The education/training purpose: to enhance long-term positive and sustainable relations between teachers, students, school administrators, and SROs, and in turn cultivate an optimal teaching/learning climate and prevent interpersonal conflict and bullying behavior. Both education and training are provided. Each research-based principle for AC4P intervention is explained and followed by questions or scenarios to facilitate group discussion. Behavioral exercises are given to practice each principle and receive supportive and corrective feedback for continuous improvement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683502494
Publisher:	Morgan James Publishing
Publication date:	06/27/2017
Pages:	136
Sales rank:	662,670
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

E. Scott Geller, PhD, is an Alumni Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. For 47 years, Professor Geller has taught and conducted research as a faculty member and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems in the Department of Psychology. He has authored, edited or co-authored 36 books, 82 book chapters, 39 training programs, 259 magazine articles, and more than 300 research articles addressing the development and evaluation of behavior change interventions to improve quality of life on a large-scale. Each of the articles in this issue reflect this mission of applied behavioral science, as does his most recent 700-page book: Applied Psychology: Actively Caring for People, published this year by Cambridge UniversityPress.

Table of Contents

Foreword Bobby Kipper vii

Preface The Initiation and Evolution of the AC4P Movement ix

From Principles to Applications xxi

Lesson 1 Employ More Positive Consequences 1

Lesson 2 Benefit from Observational Learning 7

Lesson 3 Improve with Behavioral Feedforward and Feedback 12

Lesson 4 Use More Supportive than Corrective Feedback 24

Lesson 5 Embrace and Practice Empathy 40

Lesson 6 Distinguish between Managing Behavior and Leading People 51

Lesson 7 Progress from Self-Actualization to Self-Transcendence 61

The AC4P Movement 65

In Conclusion 77

Suggested Readings 79

Personal Stories of AC4P 80

Bystander Intervention Stories 90

Acknowledgements 96

Notes 101

About the Author 106