Mental Health Handbook for Schools by Mary Atkinson

Mental Health Handbook for Schools by Mary Atkinson

This practical and accessible reference book provides information on a comprehensive range of mental health problems that teachers are often confronted with.

'.. useful reading for the non-specialist teacher. Even where a problem is clearly intractable ... the authors are able to offer encouraging and positive advice.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement

'SENCOs will find lots of useful information in this handbook, and will want to make it available to many other school staff working with children who have mental health needs, whether they have special educational needs or not.' - SENCO Update

Winner of the TES/ NASEN Academic Book Award 2002'The Academic Book Award panel welcomed Mary Atkinson and Garry Hornby's survey, ranging from suicidal behaviour and anxiety disorders to the more familiar territory of bullying and bereavement, with suggesttions for promoting whole school mental health.'Judges' comment:'An excellent study of the range of childhood and adolescent mental health and the circumstances that lead to them ... Of interest to a wide readership and especially useful for school counsellors as well as classroom teachers.'

'Here is a book that helps to bridge the divide between mental health and education ... [It] is a useful guide for practising teachers to dip into. It will also inform aspects of whole school development, both policy and practice. Special needs co-ordinators, educational psychologists, behaviour support teachers and educational welfare officers, along with many other professionals, will also find the handbook a welcome addition to their reference library. A book such as this is long overdue and I throughly recommend it.' - Christine Markham, Special Children

'Atkinson and Hornby have successfully bridged the divide between mental health and education in producing this practical and accessible handbook. The handbook provides a valuable and rare resource for teachers and other educational professionals.' - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

'Useful reading for the non-specialist teacher. Even where a problem is clearly intractable ... the authors are able to offer encouraging and positive advice.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement

'An excellent study of the range of childhood and adolescent mental health and the circumstances that lead to them ... Of interest to a wide readership and especially useful for school counsellors as well as classroom teachers.' Judges' comment - Winner of the TES/ NASEN Academic Book Award 2002

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ISBN 13	9780415208291
ISBN 10	0415208297
Title	Mental Health Handbook for Schools
Author	Mary Atkinson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2002-01-17
Number of pages	294
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