School Rampage Shootings and Other Youth Disturbances ─ Early Preventative Interventions

Together, School Rampage Shootings and Other Youth Disturbances and its accompanying CD provide a complete toolkit for using early preventative interventions with elementary-school age children. In ten thoughtful, clearly written chapters, both new and experienced practitioners will find a wealth of research- and evidence-based techniques that link personal child and childhood environmental conditions to a number of symptoms, disturbances, and disorders in youth or adulthood, including the expression of rampage violence. In the second part of this indispensable collection – the accompanying CD – practitioners will find worksheets and handouts that translate useful techniques into reality and are sure to make any practice come alive.

Formerly director of evaluations for UCLA’s childhood trauma and sudden bereavement program, since 1978, Kathleen Nader, DSW, has been a director of Two Suns Childhood Trauma Program, Texas, USA. She is an internationally recognized expert on child trauma and posttraumatic stress and is the author of Understanding and Assessing Trauma in Children and Adolescents: Measures, Methods, and Youth in Context (Routledge, 2008).

Part I: Factors That Contribute to School Rampage/Targeted Shootings, Other Aggression, and Other Youth Problems. Nader, School Shootings and Other Youth Problems: The Need for Early Preventive Interventions. Nader, Nader, Youth at Risk: Targeted Shootings, Other School Violence, and Suicide. Eller, The School Environment, School Rampage Killings, and Other Forms of School Violence. Bruyere, Garbarino, A Continuum of Youth Violence. Part II: Early Preventive Interventions. Mello, Nader, Teaching Coping and Social Skills to Elementary School Children. Moss, Pascuzzo, Simard, Treating Insecure and Disorganized Attachments in School-Aged Children. Schonert-Reichl, Promoting Empathy in School-Aged Children: Current State of the Field and Implications for Research and Practice. Espelage, Low, Bullying Among Children and Adolescents: Social-emotional Learning Approaches to Prevention. Kalman, A Quick, Fun Method for Teaching Kids How to Stop Being Victims. Nader, Pollack, Early Interventions: Preventing Aggression and Enhancing Connection Among Youth and Adults.