Eyes Are Never Quiet: Listening Beneath the Behaviors of Our Most Troubled Students

by Lori Desautels, Michael McKnight

The eyes of troubled youth are communicating in all moments.Hurt people hurt people. Our children can become violent, detached, or shut down when early development is toxic, severely disrupted and is met with significant adverse childhood experiences. Children are our nation's greatest natural resource and their emotional, mental and physiological well-being are at stake.What can we do? We begin with the awareness and research that adversity just doesn't happen to a child -- it attacks and hijacks a child's brain, body and nervous system function reprograming how they react and respond to all life. For educators, counselors, social workers, mental health professionals and law enforcement--this book presents the neurobiology of adversity and trauma in youth and the resiliency of hope and mindfulness ... and how to help.

Genres: Education, Professional Development, Counselling, Nonfiction, School

308 pages, Paperback

Published January 4, 2019

Reviews

[Gigi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved! This book is something that every educator should read. It gives solid information and brain based research into the hows and whys of pain related trauma and resulting behaviors. It will open your mind and change your perspective on how you deal with behaviors. Based upon ACEs scores, this book gives solid research and understanding into reactionary responses to trauma. Please, read this book if you work with kids.... it will change your perspective on everything.

[Eirini Zazani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Αρκετά καλό, αλλά οι τεχνικές απαιτούν πολύ χρόνο, ενέργεια, επεξεργασία του εαυτού από την πλευρά του εκπαιδευτικού, κτλ κτλ Εν ολίγοις, απαιτεί ένα πλαίσιο υποστηρικτικό του σχολείου και των διδασκόντων. Στην Ελλάδα δεν υπάρχει κάτι τέτοιο. Αξίζει πάντως να διαβαστεί. Τα 3 αστέρια έχουν να κάνουν κυρίως με το ανέφικτο στην ελληνική πραγματικότητα

[Desirae · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful, but as a high school teacher, I need more practical ideas for my 130 students. For example, unfortunately, as much as I'd like to send a positive letter home to each kid, there just isn't enough time to do so.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good info, but repeated itself a lot.

[Gina Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent