Hachette India

The School Mental Health Response Handbook:Practical Strategies for Educators and Support Staff

Ali D’Amario

Tina Rae

Elevate your support for children's well-being in schools with our user-friendly resource, offering practical strategies and guidance for busy educators to navigate and nurture mental health. You'll deepen your understanding of the key emotional and social challenges children face today through evidence-based techniques for engaging with children and young people at both a preventative level and to recognise and respond to mental health needs as they arise. Covering topics including developmental trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, school-avoidance, self-harm and more, this handbook is designed for the busy individual seeking to support the well-being of children and young people to dip in and out of as needed. Perfect for use in school and educational settings, the bounty of information sheets, top tips and key strategies provided can be used to effectively provide the trauma-informed nurture that so many children need.

Tina Rae

Warwick Pudney is a social ecologist and relationship therapist who has spent the last 25 years working with men, couples and families in New Zealand. He specializes in the areas of anger, abusive behaviour, men's welfare and parenting. He is a lecturer at AUT University in Auckland and writes and gives workshops and training courses in his chosen fields. Ã‰liane Whitehouse was a primary school teacher and psychotherapist for more than 25 years. As a therapist she specialized in family relationships and 'Happier Parenting' courses. She also published novels for children. Together they are the authors of A Volcano in My Tummy: Helping Children to Handle Anger and Adolescent Volcanoes: Helping Adolescents and their Parents to Deal with Anger.