School Wellness Wheel - Mike Ruyle - Bog

"In The School Wellness Wheel: A Framework Addressing Trauma, Culture, and Mastery to Raise Student Achievement, authors Mike Ruyle, Libby Child, and Nancy Dome provide a framework to respond to students' cognitive, social, and emotional needs. Childhood trauma and stress can have long-lasting repercussions on students' physical and emotional growth. The authors assert that schools can evolve to address student trauma and promote wellness and healing. Educators can create safe and supportive environments by incorporating the three points on which the school wellness wheel pivots-(1) mastery-based learning, (2) trauma-responsive systems, and (3) culturally responsive teaching-into their educational practices and procedures. By reading this book, educators learn how to create a resilience-centered school, conducive to student growth and healing"--