Mental Health and Wellbeing through Schools

The Way Forward
Herausgeber: Shute, Rosalyn H; Slee, Phillip T

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mental Health and Wellbeing through Schools brings together international experts from various disciplines to identify and address a range of current challenges in this rapidly-developing field of endeavour.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780415745185
• ISBN-10: 0415745187
• Artikelnr.: 44138737

Autorenporträt

Rosalyn H. Shute is Adjunct Professor of Psychology at both Flinders and Federation Universities, Australia. Her research expertise lies broadly in clinical child psychology and paediatric psychology/child health and wellbeing. She is an experienced teacher of developmental psychology, educational and clinical child/paediatric psychology. Phillip T. Slee is Professor in Human Development at the School of Education at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. He is a trained teacher and registered psychologist. His main areas of interest include childhood bullying/aggression, mental health and wellbeing, stress and teacher education. He has a particular interest in the practical and policy implications of his research. He and Shute recently co-authored Child Development: Theories and Critical Perspectives.

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE CONTRIBUTORS SECTION 1: Overview of challenges 1. Student mental
health programs: Current challenges and future opportunities.Brian Graetz
SECTION 2: Challenges for organisations and leaders 2. Leadership for
wicked school mental health problems. Richard Beinecke 3. Supporting
schools for the widespread implementation of evidence-based mental health
promotion programs: What is needed? Bonnie Leadbeater and Emilie Gladstone
4. Mental health and wellbeing through schools in situations of political
conflict and adversity: The Palestinian case. Salwa Massad and Umaiyeh
Khammash SECTION 3: Challenges for teachers 5. Implementing for success in
school-based mental health promotion:The role of quality in resolving the
tension between fidelity and adaptation. Ann Lendrum, Neil Humphrey and
Mark Greenberg 6. "Promotion with parents is challenging." The role of
teacher communication skills and parent-teacher partnerships in
school-based mental health initiatives. Rosalyn Shute 7. Professional
education for teachers and early childhood educators about mental health
promotion. Rosalind Murray-Harvey and Helen Askell-Williams SECTION 4. The
challenges and opportunities of new technologies 8. Psychological wellbeing
and the use of the Internet in adolescence. Antonella Brighi, Sandra
Nicoletti and Annalisa Guarini 9. The use of technology to support young
people with mental health issues in schools. Cathy Richards and Jennifer
Hughes 10. Using online environments to build school staff capacity to
address student wellbeing. Amy Barnes, Natasha Pearce, Donna Cross, Laura
Thomas and Phillip Slee SECTION 5. Targeted interventions 11. Mental health
promotion and students with disabilities: The need for targeted
interventions. Jane Jarvis and Julie McMillan 12. Issues of bullying and
Autism Spectrum Disorder. Alison Wotherspoon, Phillip Slee, Verity Botroff,
Jon Martin and Barbara Spears 13. School-based responses to youth suicide.
Rosalyn Shute 14. Prevention programs for depression among children and
adolescents in Japan: Challenges and opportunities. Shin-ichi Ishikawa,
Satoko Sasagawa, Junwen Chen and Cecilia Essau SECTION 6. Reflections 15.
Lessons from monitoring SEL in Israel and California schools.Ron Astor,
Gordon Capp, Hadass Moore and Rami Benbenishty 16. Mental health and
wellbeing through schools: Thinking big, acting wisely. Rosalyn Shute and
Phillip Slee