Fostering Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the Classroom provides educators and school personnel with a thorough, readable guide to some of the most common mental health issues they are likely to confront in the classroom. Editor Raymond J. Waller offers pre-service and in-service educators strategic tools to help take the proper steps toward addressing the mental health issues of their students. Key Features: Encourages effective collaboration between teachers and mental health professionals: While most books related to children's mental health are written for mental health personnel, this book offers strategies that teachers can use in their classrooms to help children with mental health issues. The chapters in this book are written by experts in the field and address contemporary, common mental health issues experienced by children and adolescents. Gives teachers confidence in having a positive impact: Educators are often among the most influential people in the lives of children and this book offers helpful and practical roles for educators in promoting mental health in all children. Real-life vignettes demonstrate how various mental health problems may manifest in the classroom and how these problems can be addressed effectively in the school setting. Helps identify mental health problems in the classroom: Few teachers are specifically taught to identify student behaviors that may potentially result in severely reduced functioning or risk of harm to self or others. This text will assist educators in recognizing symptoms of crisis and offer practical suggestions rather than treatment or diagnosis, which is beyond the purview of most educators. Intended Audience: This is an excellent supplementary textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on Classroom Management. It can also be used in a variety of courses in Education, Special Education, Educational Psychology, School Psychology, School Counseling, and School Social Work.
Introduction - Raymond J. Waller & Jeffrey P. Douglass PART I: INTRODUCTION TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH 1. The Educator's Role in Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Raymond J. Waller, Diane J. Bresson, & Katie S. Waller 2. A Teacher's Guide to Understanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders - Denise M. Green 3. Dealing with Problem Behavior in the Classroom: A Behaviorological Perspective - Jerome D. Ulman PART II: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FREQUENTLY CONFRONTED IN THE CLASSROOM 4. Elimination Disorders - Susan Mortweet VanScoyoc 5. Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder - Amy C. Traylor and M. Elizabeth Vonk 6. Childhood Anxiety Disorders - Joseph Himle, Daniel Fischer, Michelle Van Etten, and Jordana Muroff 7. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Nina Yssel 8. Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Julie Sarno Owens and Lauren Richerson PART III: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES INVOLVING SIGNIFICANT RISK TO SELF OR OTHERS 9. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Obesity - Laura Myers 10. Conduct Disorder - Raymond J. Waller, Katie S. Waller, Diane J. Bresson, & Michelle Schramm 11. Bullying Behavior and School Violence - W. Sean Newsome and Michael Kelly 12. Childhood Sexuality and Sexual Behavior - Ramona M. Noland 13. Child Abuse and Neglect - Julie Palmour, Diane J. Bresson, and Raymond J. Waller 14. Self Injury and Suicide - Steve Knotek, Sarah Hamel, Rachel Schoolman, and Natalie Siegel PART IV: MOVING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM 15. The Role of the Educator in Early Identification, Referral and Linkage - Dawn Anderson-Butcher 16. Communication Between Parents and Professionals - Thomas A. Wood and S. T. Kordinak 17. Mental Health Needs and Problems as Opportunities for Expanding the Boundaries of School Improvement - Hal A. Lawson, Kevin Quinn, Eric Hardiman, and Robert Miller Glossary
"Finally, someone has taken a look into today's classrooms and clearly sees the need to address the issues that our teachers are facing on a daily basis... This book gives teachers a better understanding of the mental health issues that children face, and gives them practical strategies for dealing with not only the students, but with their families." -- Sue A. Rieg, Ed.D. "An excellent text which provides much needed guidance for teachers on understanding various mental health issues from the perspective of educators and practical, well-researched strategies on steps to take to meet the needs of all children." -- Laura A. Barwegen "This book is a wonderful resource for teachers, principals, counselors, parents, and students in developing a better understanding of mental health. This book will be a handy resource for those educators who work to understand the "whole" child they are educating." -- Donna Schumacher-Douglas "Most chapters present material in language readily understandable to educators. A helpful glossary helps to demystify unavoidable psychological jargon, which is printed in boldface throughout. Readers will appreciate the practical conventions of this text." -- Camille J. Randall * Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books *
