Mental health in schools
Subtitle: engaging learners, preventing problems, and improving schools
By: Howard S. Adelman and Linda Taylor.
Contributors: Taylor, Linda
Publisher: Corwin Press; Corwin
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781412975384
Subjects: Students -- Mental health -- United States; Students -- Mental health services -- United States; School improvement programs -- United States
Description: "The authors describe how educators can effectively coordinate internal and external resources to support a healthy school environment and help at-risk students overcome barriers to learning."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mental health in schools: past and present; title: About moving toward a comprehensive approach; title: Labeling, screening, and over-pathologizing; title: Evidence-based practices: concerns about fit and implementation; title: Social control vs. engagement in learning: a mental health perspective; title: A period of transition and possible transformation; title: Strategies for embedding mental health in school improvement; title: Social and emotional learning and promotion of mental health: implications for; title: Challenges and opportunities for promoting mental health in the classroom; title: Mental health assistance for students at school; title: Focusing on the well-being of school staff; title: New directions; title: Collaboration: working together to enhance impact; title: Show us the data: using and extending the research-base; title: Addressing systemic change.