The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Mental Health

Cynthia Franklin editor Paula Allen-Meares editor Mary Beth Harris editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:28th Jan '10

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The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Mental Health cover

The School Practitioner's Concise Companions give busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions to their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook, each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. Here, readers will find an overview of adolescent mental health disorders and step-by-step guidelines for intervening effectively. This Concise Companion covers ten major mental health issues-from depression to ADHD to autism-as well as strategies for working with co-occurring disorders and managing psychopharmacological treatments. Each chapter is filled with charts, checklists, and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices, it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals.

ISBN: 9780195370584

Dimensions: 141mm x 209mm x 15mm

Weight: 358g

272 pages