Fundamentals A Guide For Parents Teachers And Carers On Mental Health And Self Esteem

In what can be an incredibly toxic and frightening modern culture, young people in particular are struggling to gain some vestige of self-esteem and are subsequently battling myriad mental and physical health issues. This guide will give you pragmatic, relevant advice on how to nurture self-esteem and discuss and deal with mental health issues, delivered with positivity, humor and realism.

'SELF-ESTEEM' IS ONE OF THOSE PHRASES THAT'S BEEN OVERUSED TO THE POINT OF LOSING ALL MEANING, YET IT'S ESSENTIAL TO EVERY HUMAN BEING'S DEVELOPMENT AND HAPPINESS.In what can be an incredibly toxic and frightening modern culture, young people in particular are struggling to gain some vestige of self-esteem and are subsequently battling myriad mental and physical health issues. Parents, teachers and carers want to help but often struggle to know quite what they can do.DA-DAAA! Enter this book: a self-help book for people who are fed up with being patronised by self-help books. This guide will give you pragmatic, relevant advice on how to nurture self-esteem and discuss and deal with mental health issues, delivered with positivity, humour and realism.Although touching on specific issues such as self-harm, eating disorders and anxiety, this is more generally geared towards instilling confidence and promoting a positive state of mind.A collaborative effort between Lynn Crilly - a mother and counsellor who writes with love and warmth for her fellow parents and carers - and Natasha Devon - a journalist and activist, who writes with passion (and a few swear words) for teachers - there's something in this book for everyone.'Self-Esteem education in schools like that provided by Natasha and her team, as described in this book, is exactly what the UK is crying out for!' - GOK WAN'This is essential reading for all parents - Full of practical and useful tips.' - EAMONN HOLMES'Finally, a straight talking, streetwise, empathetic and, most importantly, practical guide for all families whose lives are touched by the common mental health challenges of contemporary life. Unique, essential and highly recommended.' - DR HILARY JONES

The Essential Guides for Early Career Teachers provide accessible, carefully researched, quick-reads for early career teachers, covering the key topics they will encounter during their training year and first two years of teaching. They complement and are fully in line with the new Early Career Framework and are intended to assist ongoing professional development by bringing together current information and thinking on each area in one convenient place. This title on Mental Well-being and Self-care explores these increasingly significant issues for those training to teach or in the early stages of their teaching career. It draws upon a new body of evidence-based knowledge and an emerging lexicon which fosters and supports mentally healthy routines as teaching practice develops. Critical but also practical, the text guides the reader through research-based concepts and reflective tasks central to positive mental health and well-being, supporting early career teachers as they develop their teaching skills and techniques.

Guiding you through research and practice, Classroom Behaviour Management in Further, Adult and Vocational Education offers a new perspective. The authors help you to understand how you can create a positive classroom ethos and learning experience in the further, adult and vocational education sector. They explore the need to engage with students' previous experiences, be they positive or negative, and look at why it is important to engage with the wider economic, social and political issues at play in the classroom to understand how these may influence behaviour and responses. You'll find a wealth of information on a range of topics, including: Understanding behaviour Teaching strategies Institutional practice Professional Standards Each chapter supports your learning with reflective activities, exercises, question and answer sections, case studies and suggestions for further reading.

Especially with the deleterious impact of Covid 19 on students' mental health and social emotional wellbeing, schools need to help parents and caregivers understand and address the issues that can affect their children's mental health. This concise yet comprehensive guide provides parents of elementary students with quick and easy access to critical information, including factors that affect children’s mental health; warning signs that may indicate a child is suffering from a mental health issue; strategies they can employ to develop their child’s self-esteem and resilience; a handy mental health checklist as a reference for monitoring their child’s mental health. Also available in Spanish-language edition.

This is a concise and comprehensive guide to the facts and issues surrounding the mental health and well-being of children. It includes invaluable training exercises to help address mental health problems and an extensive list of further reading.

Do some of your pupils suffer from low or fragile self-esteem? Perhaps you want to help, but don't know how? If so, Self-esteem is for you. Using insights from theory, research and classroom practice, Daivd Miller and Teresa Moran provide strategies and techniques that will enhance the confidence of primary school children through authentic learning experiences.

Especially with the deleterious impact of Covid 19 on students' mental health and social-emotional wellbeing, schools need to help parents and caregivers understand and address the issues that can affect their children's mental health. This concise yet comprehensive guide provides parents of secondary students with quick and easy access to critical information, including factors that affect children’s mental health; warning signs that may indicate a child is suffering from a mental health issue; strategies they can employ to develop their child’s self-esteem and resilience; a handy mental health checklist as a reference for monitoring their child’s mental health.