Podcast: How We Teach This - S7E5 Crisis Intervention: Critical Steps and Strategies for Preventing Viol

How We Teach This: Season Seven

Season 7 of How We Teach This has a wide range of guests and topics - Meet Kristine Becker Yulich, recipient of the Milken Award, the team of Kansas Teacher of the Year 2023, as well as a couple of interviews on the topic of school safety. Josh Stock returns for a Teacher Talk and shares more effective strategies to use in the classroom.

Season 7, Episode 5 - August 2, 2023

Strategies Teachers Can Implement to Create a Safer School

Scott Poland PhD, a Professor of Psychology, and a nationally recognized expert in suicide and violence prevention, shares realistic strategies that teachers and principals can implement in their classrooms without spending a lot of money. He offers ideas that embrace getting students involved in creating a safe environment. He is a recipient of the "Helping Heal Parkland Award."

Scott Poland, PhD

Professor at the College of Psychology and the Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office for NSU Florida in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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Dr. Scott Poland is a Professor at the College of Psychology and the Director of the Suicide and Violence Prevention Office for NSU Florida in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

The presenter, a licensed psychologist is an internationally recognized expert on school safety, youth suicide, and school crisis prevention/intervention. He has authored or co-authored six books and many chapters and articles on these subjects.

He previously directed psychological services for Cypress-Fairbanks ISD in Texas for 24 years and is a past President of the National Association of School Psychologists. He is very dedicated to prevention and has testified about school violence and youth suicide before the U.S. Congress on four occasions. Dr. Poland has responded to help schools after natural disasters, acts of terrorism, school shootings and youth suicide clusters. He has provided many presentations about mental health and coping since the start of the pandemic and has reached an audience of more than 100,000 school staff members or parents. He has received many awards including being named the most outstanding psychologist in Texas. Dr. Poland also has received the Houston Wage Peace Award, the Parkland Helping the Community Heal Award and the APA Division 16 Distinguished Service Award.