Mental Health and Wellbeing in Primary Education: A Practical Guide and Resource

By Laura Meek, Joanna Phillips, Sarah Jordan

Support children's Mental Health and Wellbeing in Primary Education with actionable lesson plans, recognition tips, and collaborative strategies for educators. Putting all the information you need at your fingertips - with detailed guidance on creating a culture of wellbeing, overviews of key educational challenges and transitions, and early warning signs to look out for. The authors also explore how a range of common mental health difficulties that can affect learning (including anxiety, low mood, attachment difficulties, eating disorders and ADHD) are typically identified, diagnosed and managed.

Supported by a wealth of ready-made lesson plans, frames and templates, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Primary Education offers a practical, up-to-date look at how teachers and other education professionals can monitor, encourage and teach mental wellbeing among primary age children.

Written by a child and adolescent psychiatrist, a clinical psychologist and a teacher with a special interest in mental health and emotional wellbeing, this book emphasises the need for effective and innovative communication and collaboration across the health and education sectors, for the benefit of all children. Wherever you or the children you support are on their wellbeing journey, this book can help.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912755920
• ISBN13: 9781912755929
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.6"