School Violence (Educ)

SW794, Section 001

Violence involving children is a serious concern in our society. In particular, violence in schools is a growing problem that interferes with children's physical well-being, academic functioning, social relations, and emotional/cognitive development. In addition, violence erodes the effectiveness and threatens the safety of administrators, teachers, parents, and support staff. This course will explore the theoretical, empirical, and practice-based literatures on children, schools, and violence. Topics will include but are not limited to: cognitive-behavioral interventions, social skills theory, children's/teacher's/parent's perceptions of violence, poverty and violence, developmental precursors to adolescent violent behaviors, family violence, bullies and victims of bullies, teacher training efforts, gangs, law enforcement vs. educational approaches, community-based interventions, etc. Special focus will be placed on the role of the school as a social system in regulating violence and creating a nonviolent school culture. Current school-based violence interventions and programs will be examined. (Also offered as Educ 201-737.)

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