Safe Passage: A Guide for Addressing School Violence

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Safe Passage: A Guide to Addressing School Violence offers expert perspectives and guidance in understanding, assessing, and addressing school violence. Although the book is designed for child and adolescent forensic psychiatrists and psychologists seeking proficiency in youth violence risk assessment, educators, school administrators, mental health clinicians, other health care professionals who work with children, and interested laypersons will also find the book both practical and illuminating. The editors’ approach to school violence is informed by their educational, scholarly, clinical, and forensic work with children and adults who have been disenfranchised through the cumulative effects of poverty, trauma, untreated mental illness, and inadequate access to education. “The editors, Drs. Michael Kelly and Anne McBride, both forensicallytrained child psychiatrists, have prepared a clinically-focused and practical guide for a wide range of professionals who work with children in school settings. It guides the readers so they may participate in completing a comprehensive risk assessment and ameliorate and prevent violence in schools. By co-authoring 11 of the 12 chapters, Drs Kelly and McBride, have created a synergistic and uniform voice throughout the text. With many excellent tables and figures, the book serves as an outstanding compass for navigating this challenging problem.”—Robert E. Hales, M.D., M.B.A., Joe P. Tupin Chair Emeritus, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychiatry, University of California, Davis School of Medicine