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

by Tina Rae, Ali D'Amario

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781805013860
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	03/21/2025
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 8.98(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Dr Ali D'Amario is an Educational and Child Psychologist and author who delivers staff training and parent workshops, as well as working with children at a group and individual level. She studied for her Doctorate at The University of East London under the supervision of Dr Tina Rae who she credits for instilling her with a passion for supporting the well-being of children, young people, school staff and families. She is also a trustee for the children's mental health charity, The Bee-lieve Foundation.

Dr Tina Rae is a prolific author with 40 years' experience working with children and families in clinical and educational contexts. Currently a Consultant Educational and Child Psychologist focused on supporting foster carers, social workers and looked after children.
She is also a member of the Advisory board for Fresh Start in Education and for the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).

Table of Contents

1 Understanding Mental Health and the FIRES Framework
2 Understanding Your Role in Supporting Mental Health and Reflective Practice
3 Developing Listening Skills
4 Understanding Attachment and Developmental Trauma
5 Emotion Coaching
6 Understanding Anxiety
7 Supporting Those Who Self-harm
8 Supporting Those with Panic Attacks
9 Understanding and Supporting Those with Depression
10 Grief, Loss and Bereavement
11 Eating Disorders
12 Emotionally Based School Avoidance
13 Suicide
14 Self-care
15 Supervision and Peer Support
A final note

Editorial Reviews

This helpful and practical guide has a wide range of reflection points, case studies and useful information which gives anyone supporting young people's mental health time to consider how to do this in the best way possible.

Amy Sayer