A Little Guide for Teachers: Student Mental Health

A Little Guide for Teachers: Student Mental Health
February 2024 | 112 pages | Sage UK
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Student mental health is a huge issue in the education sector, and due to overwhelmed mental health systems, greater pressures are placed on teachers to offer pastoral support to students. This book is packed with practical strategies to help teachers with supporting their students.

The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher.

·         Authored by experts in the field

·         Easy to dip in-and-out of

·         Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own

·         Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!

Purvi Gandhi has been Shortlisted for Psychology Teacher of the Year award by the British Psychological Society.

Contents

Chapter 1: Well-being: How can it be enhanced in the classroom?

Chapter 1: Well-being: How can it be enhanced in the classroom?

Chapter 2: Finding Strength: How can an approach focusing on individual strengths enhance student well-being?

Chapter 2: Finding Strength: How can an approach focusing on individual strengths enhance student well-being?

Chapter 3: Stress: Why do some students excel under pressure while others struggle?

Chapter 3: Stress: Why do some students excel under pressure while others struggle?

Chapter 4: Motivation: How can intrinsic motivation be developed to strengthen mental fitness?

Chapter 4: Motivation: How can intrinsic motivation be developed to strengthen mental fitness?

Chapter 5: Social Influence: How can group pressures influence well-being?

Chapter 5: Social Influence: How can group pressures influence well-being?

Chapter 6: Assessing Well-being: Locating students and progressing them along the well-being gradient

Chapter 6: Assessing Well-being: Locating students and progressing them along the well-being gradient

Description

Student mental health is a huge issue in the education sector, and due to overwhelmed mental health systems, greater pressures are placed on teachers to offer pastoral support to students. This book is packed with practical strategies to help teachers with supporting their students.

The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher.

·         Authored by experts in the field

·         Easy to dip in-and-out of

·         Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own

·         Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!

Purvi Gandhi has been Shortlisted for Psychology Teacher of the Year award by the British Psychological Society.

Contents

Chapter 1: Well-being: How can it be enhanced in the classroom?

Chapter 1: Well-being: How can it be enhanced in the classroom?

Chapter 2: Finding Strength: How can an approach focusing on individual strengths enhance student well-being?

Chapter 2: Finding Strength: How can an approach focusing on individual strengths enhance student well-being?

Chapter 3: Stress: Why do some students excel under pressure while others struggle?

Chapter 3: Stress: Why do some students excel under pressure while others struggle?

Chapter 4: Motivation: How can intrinsic motivation be developed to strengthen mental fitness?

Chapter 4: Motivation: How can intrinsic motivation be developed to strengthen mental fitness?

Chapter 5: Social Influence: How can group pressures influence well-being?

Chapter 5: Social Influence: How can group pressures influence well-being?

Chapter 6: Assessing Well-being: Locating students and progressing them along the well-being gradient

Chapter 6: Assessing Well-being: Locating students and progressing them along the well-being gradient

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A Little Guide for Teachers: Student Mental Health


February 2024 | 112 pages | Sage UK

Format Published Date ISBN Price
Paperback 31/03/2026 9781529672404 $32.00
180 Day Ebook 03/03/2024 9781529678321 $19.00
Lifetime 03/03/2024 9781529678321 $27.00

Student mental health is a huge issue in the education sector, and due to overwhelmed mental health systems, greater pressures are placed on teachers to offer pastoral support to students. This book is packed with practical strategies to help teachers with supporting their students.

The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher.

·         Authored by experts in the field

·         Easy to dip in-and-out of

·         Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own

·         Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!

Purvi Gandhi has been Shortlisted for Psychology Teacher of the Year award by the British Psychological Society.


Table Of Contents:

  • Chapter 1: Well-being: How can it be enhanced in the classroom?
  • Chapter 2: Finding Strength: How can an approach focusing on individual strengths enhance student well-being?
  • Chapter 3: Stress: Why do some students excel under pressure while others struggle?
  • Chapter 4: Motivation: How can intrinsic motivation be developed to strengthen mental fitness?
  • Chapter 5: Social Influence: How can group pressures influence well-being?
  • Chapter 6: Assessing Well-being: Locating students and progressing them along the well-being gradient

Recent Product Reviews:

This book by Purvi Gandhi should be given to every tutor as a handbook; should form part of a school Inset in building a positive culture & #growthmindset in our classrooms. The toolkit of practical ideas are succinctly outlined and could be a game changer in building positive & kind classrooms.
Clare Erasmus, Mental Health & Wellbeing in Schools Advisor to Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools
This guide is strongly research-informed, with the reader benefiting from Vi’s wide reading and depth of understanding of the subject. The highly practical nature of the book is reflected in the many helpful resources and references included throughout, and the reader is drawn in and engaged by the opportunities for personal reflection at the end of every section. I strongly recommend this highly readable, succinct and measured exploration of student mental health for all who are committed to ensuring that we do what we can to support students, and staff, to thrive in our schools.
Jill Berry, Former headteacher, Leadership Development Consultant

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