Where Students Turn First (Paperback)

Robert Faghan

ISBN 10: 0999092383 / ISBN 13: 9780999092385

Published by Live Free Recovery Consultants, 2026

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Paperback. Schools care deeply about their students.Yet many systems designed to support them activate only after a problem becomes visible-through discipline, academic decline, or crisis.What if the earliest signs of struggle are already being seen. just not by adults?In Where Students Turn First, Robert Faghan draws on decades of clinical experience, personal recovery, and his work inside schools to explore a reality educators often sense but rarely structure around: Students almost always notice when something is wrong with their peers before adults do.Blending narrative, student perspective, and leadership insight, this book examines: - Why early intervention often arrives too late- How peer influence shapes student behavior and help-seeking- The gap between student awareness and adult systems- What schools can do to recognize and responsibly align with that realityThis is not a program manual.It is a reframing.For educators, counselors, and school leaders, Where Students Turn First offers a clear and compelling perspective on how schools might better understand where awareness begins-and how to respond before struggles become crises. Why students notice peer struggles long before adults do-and how schools can structure systems to respond before crisis hits. Essential reading for educators, counselors, and school leaders. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where Students Turn First (Paperback)
• Publisher: Live Free Recovery Consultants
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999092383
• ISBN 13: 9780999092385
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Schools care deeply about their students.

Yet many systems designed to support them activate only after a problem becomes visible-through discipline, academic decline, or crisis.

What if the earliest signs of struggle are already being seen... just not by adults?

In Where Students Turn First, Robert Faghan draws on decades of clinical experience, personal recovery, and his work inside schools to explore a reality educators often sense but rarely structure around:

Students almost always notice when something is wrong with their peers before adults do.

Blending narrative, student perspective, and leadership insight, this book examines:

- Why early intervention often arrives too late

- How peer influence shapes student behavior and help-seeking

- The gap between student awareness and adult systems

- What schools can do to recognize and responsibly align with that reality

This is not a program manual.

It is a reframing.

For educators, counselors, and school leaders, Where Students Turn First offers a clear and compelling perspective on how schools might better understand where awareness begins-and how to respond before struggles become crises.