Creating a safe and welcoming school - INEE Toolkit

• Frequently praise them for the basics. Adults forget that thebasics of attending school are a challenge. School attendance isoften the first time that a child is away from home. School is alsothe first time that a child will experience loss and failure, pressure,formal rules and regulations, and so many other aspects of lifethat adults take for granted.Suggested readings: Brier, 2006; Lane & Beebe-Frankenberger, 2003;Mayer, 1998, Pintrich & Schunk, 2001; Rathvon, 2003; Sansone &Harackiewicz, 2000; Shapiro, 2004; Stipek, 2001.24