by Alison Woolf (Author)
Better Mental Health in Schools
recognises the value of school staff in supporting mental health in
children and young people and introduces new skills for enhancing the
therapeutic benefits of environments and relationships in schools.
This
book discusses and links to provision in schools and to supporting good
mental health in pupils across four key areas for enhancing mental
health and wellbeing — Cognition, Compassion, Containment, and Connection. Based
in relevant and timely research it provides an accessible insight into
practical ways to change practice. Rather than prescribe one programme,
or suggest one curriculum design, the book shows how strengthening
knowledge and understanding of some basic underpinnings of good mental
health will scaffold the development of better mental health in schools
and offers illustrations of how that could look in everyday practice.
Written
for practitioners and based on many years of experience in classrooms
across a variety of education provisions, this book reflects the lived,
experiential perspective of a teacher and school therapist. Through
paying attention to these four key areas of daily life in school, staff
can create an environment that supports mental wellbeing, while not
depleting their own mental health.
