"The premise of this book is that the cognitive resources for learning of over half our young people have been diminished by negative effects of economic and food insecurity, or by hostility against nonmajority groups based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or other aspects of difference, leaving them with reduced brain capacity for learning and developing. This book recognizes that these students are no different than those more privileged middle-class peers in terms of cognitive capacity and provides a diagnosis of bandwidth stealers that may derive from underresourced homes, school policies, or tacit value systems that can undermine students' confidence or students' unfilled needs for a caring structure. It offers a set of strategies and interventions to rebuild the available cognitive resources necessary for making good decisions, developing healthy relationships, succeeding in school, and reaching students' full potential."--Provided by publisher.
