Creating a Sense of Place and Belonging: How to Meet the Emotional Needs of K-12 Students

According to the authors, there are a variety of teaching strategies or interventions available for helping students develop a more positive cultural perspective of their school, to which they refer as "as sense of place". To create such places of belonging where students fit in, the authors promote an ecological systems approach. Attention is devoted to the seven information sources comprising this system and an understanding of how the totality of these information sources assist the at-risk student in creating a sense of place and belonging. Also included is a list of practical strategies, organized around the seven information sources, which can be used to increase student success. The volume concludes with a listing of resources for use in schools to impact school culture. (Introduction)