An estimated 20% of students have an emotional, behavioral, or mental disorder. Teachers are often the first to notice these problems - and with this reader-friendly guide, they'll have the information they need to help create effective learning environments for children and adolescents and collaborate effectively with mental health providers. Along with a detailed overview of the mental health system and the different types of mental health professionals, education professionals will get separate chapters on 11 specific mental health issues, each describing characteristics of the disorder ways the disorder might be manifested the process for diagnosing the disorder types of intervention and treatment practical guidelines on working with students who have the disorder Educators will also find specific strategies for building collaborative partnerships with mental health professionals and families; case studies illustrating successful collaboration; and appendices of definitions, DSM-IV-TR criteria for various disorders discussed in the book, common medications used to treat mental health disorders, and support organizations. Equally useful for preservice and in-service general and special educators and for the mental health providers who partner with them this important book will prepare readers to understand students with mental health disorders and help improve their chances for social and academic success.
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Being in the mental health field and being a professional/collegiate educator, this book successfully integrates both filed to get a better understanding of the challenges that impact our youth with mental health needs. For educators it is an excellent rosetta stone to decipher the mental health demands that influence school success.
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This book will be very helpful to any Teacher today. So many children are not diagonised and this book can help you find a way to work with the child or answer questions about why a child is acting a certain way.
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