Assess resources of individual students to determine interventions -- Build relationships of mutual respect with students: Utilize relational learning in the classroom -- Teach formal register and story structure -- Teach tools for negotiating the abstract representational world -- Teach appropriate behaviors and procedures: Build emotional resources; have a process for addressing biochemical issues -- Use a 6-step process to keep track of every student's learning -- Build relationships of mutual respect with parents: Use multiple methods for parent involvement; develop strategies for conferences with parents -- Develop community collaboration models to address under-resourced situations -- The hope for the future: the incredible power of a wonderful teacher -- Research findings for embedding the strategies in the long term -- Examples of secondary interventions outlined in chapter six -- Examples of elementary interventions outlined in chapter six -- Resources for children: How the United States compares with other wealthy countries -- Bibliography, webography, and interviews.
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