From Abcs To Ptsd And Covid In Between
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From ABCs to PTSD (And Covid In-Between):
Introduction Teaching is often seen through a lens of lesson plans, recess whistles, and colorful bulletin boards. But behind the classroom door lies a reality rarely talked about—especially for male educators in elementary schools. In From ABC’s to PTSD (And Covid In-Between), veteran teacher Ken Newton peels back the curtain on nearly three decades of teaching, revealing the personal, emotional, and often unseen challenges that come with the job. With raw honesty and touches of humor, Ken shares his journey as a male educator navigating a career traditionally dominated by women, the emotional toll of shaping young lives, and the personal battles that come from giving your heart to a profession that doesn’t always give back. From the simple joys of teaching children their fi rst words to the traumatic weight of lockdowns, school shootings, and the chaos of COVID-19, this memoir is not just about education—it’s about endurance, identity, and fi nding purpose amid the noise. This is not your average teacher story. It’s a brave, unfi ltered look at what it means to care deeply, serve selfl essly, and survive a system that sometimes forgets teachers are human too.
The COVID-19 Crisis
Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. Well beyond its health effects, the pandemic has wrought major changes in people’s everyday lives as they confront restrictions imposed by physical distancing and consequences such as loss of work, working or learning from home and reduced contact with family and friends. This edited collection covers a diverse range of experiences, practices and representations across international contexts and cultures (UK, Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand). Together, these contributions offer a rich account of COVID society. They provide snapshots of what life was like for people in a variety of situations and locations living through the first months of the novel coronavirus crisis, including discussion not only of health-related experiences but also the impact on family, work, social life and leisure activities. The socio-material dimensions of quotidian practices are highlighted: death rituals, dating apps, online musical performances, fitness and exercise practices, the role of windows, healthcare work, parenting children learning at home, moving in public space as a blind person and many more diverse topics are explored. In doing so, the authors surface the feelings of strangeness and challenges to norms of practice that were part of many people’s experiences, highlighting the profound affective responses that accompanied the disruption to usual cultural forms of sociality and ritual in the wake of the COVID outbreak and restrictions on movement. The authors show how social relationships and social institutions were suspended, re-invented or transformed while social differences were brought to the fore. At the macro level, the book includes localised and comparative analyses of political, health system and policy responses to the pandemic, and highlights the differences in representations and experiences of very different social groups, including people with disabilities, LGBTQI people, Dutch Muslim parents, healthcare workers in France and Australia, young adults living in northern Italy, performing artists and their audiences, exercisers in Australia and New Zealand, the Latin cultures of Spain and Italy, Asian-Americans and older people in Australia. This volume will appeal to undergraduates and postgraduates in sociology, cultural and media studies, medical humanities, anthropology, political science and cultural geography.
Development and Treatment of PTSD
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) remains a significant mental health challenge, with a broad range of causes and complex influencing factors beyond traditional war-related trauma. Despite advancements in understanding, there is still controversy surrounding the efficacy of various treatment approaches, including both conventional methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and non-traditional techniques such as yoga and psychoactive drugs. This complexity highlights the need for a comprehensive resource that not only updates professionals on the latest research but also addresses the diverse causes and manifestations of PTSD, including social, racial, and economic factors. Development and Treatment of PTSD offers a solution by providing up-to-date information, theories, and interventions for PTSD. Unlike many existing resources that focus narrowly on specific traumatic events, this book expands its scope to encompass a wide array of causes, triggers, and contributors to PTSD, including interpersonal dynamics and societal influences. This book is essential for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, counselors, medical personnel involved in trauma care, and professionals working in clinical and school settings.