Creating Safe and Supportive Schools and Fostering Students' Mental Health -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART I Creating Safe and Emotionally Healthy Schools -- 1 The Evolving Role of Educators -- Creating Safe Schools and Fostering Students' Mental Health -- The Evolving Role of Educators in Public Education -- School-based Mental Health -- School Safety and Violence Prevention -- Expert Interview 1.1 with Kevin Dwyer -- Expert Interview 1.2 with Eric Rossen -- The Role of Educators Transforming School Communities and Engaging Every Educator -- Working Together: Educators and Mental Health Professionals -- Safe Schools and Student Mental Health: A-Z -- The Structure of the Book -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Safe and Supportive Schools -- Efforts to Promote Safe and Supportive Schools -- Expert Interview 2.1 with Michele Gay -- Expert Interview 2.2 with Ken Trump -- Promoting Psychological Safety -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II Fostering Students' Mental Health -- 3 The Importance of Providing Mental Health Services in Schools -- The Scope of the Problem The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Children's Mental Health -- Supporting Students' Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being -- The Roles of School-based Mental Health Professionals -- Addressing Shortages of School-based Mental Health Professionals -- Moving From a Two- to a Three-Component Approach -- A Public Health Approach as a Way to Provide Essential Services -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 4 The Promise of Social-Emotional Learning -- Defining Social-Emotional Learning -- Need for Social-Emotional Learning -- Applications of Social-Emotional Learning Barriers to Implementing SEL and Ways to Overcome These Barriers -- Social-Emotional Learning Teams -- Data Collection and Evaluation -- Implementing SEL -- Programming at the Elementary School Level -- Programming at the Middle School Level -- Programming at the High School Level -- Expert Interview 4.1 with Maurice J. Elias -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Universal Interventions to Support the Mental Health of All Students -- Types of School-based Mental Health Interventions: Universal Interventions-Tier I -- Conclusion -- References 6 Resilient Classrooms and Targeted and Intensive Interventions -- Fostering Resilience -- Fostering Resilience in Students -- Expert Interview 6.1 with Sam Goldstein -- Resilient Classrooms and Classroom Supports -- Expert Interview 6.2 with Beth Doll -- Targeted Interventions: Tier II -- Intensive Interventions: Tier III -- Non-Responders to Intensive Interventions -- Conclusion -- References -- PART III Supporting Nurturing Learning Environments -- 7 School Climate and Social Supports -- Enhancing School Climate -- The Influence of School Climate -- The Phenomenology of School Climate