Conceptualizing and Measuring Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments in Educational Settings
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Conceptualizing and Measuring Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments in Educational Settings
Abstract
Most children and adolescents older than five years spend at least six hours of their day in school settings. Like parents, education professionals can promote health and protect youth from harm by providing safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a framework which posits that safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments areEssentials for Childhood and are fundamental to promoting health and well-being; protecting youth from maltreatment and other violence and victimization; and ensuring optimal, healthy development. In this paper, the authors propose an approach to applying safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments to the school ecology; review select survey measures to examine these constructs within educational settings; and suggest available indicators to measure safety, stability, and nurturance within the school context.
Keywords: Child development; nurturance; safety; school; stability.
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