Overview
Understanding Mental Health across Educational Contexts provides an overview of mental health and mental health disorders from a Canadian classroom perspective. Providing definitions and current understandings of mental health challenges and disorders commonly found in K–12 classrooms, this text equips future educators with a toolbox of strategies and resources that they can use inside the classroom.Recognition and support for students and educators struggling with mental health or a mental health disorder has been growing in demand, and this text addresses the importance of this conversation in education while focusing on the interplay of student, teacher, and family. Divided into two sections on core concepts and practical applications, this edited collection covers topics such as mental health disorders frequently encountered within school settings and their relationships with academic achievement, technology, neurodiversity, and career development; Indigenous, queer, and anti-racist practice and praxis; educator mental health and wellness; traumainformed teaching; and creating mentally healthy classrooms. This essential text is foundational for future educators and those in courses covering child and youth care, exceptional learners, early childhood education, or social work. Courses covering mental health, counselling, or psychology will also find value in this reference guide for common challenges faced by young people or families.
Full Product Details
Author: Lindsey Jaber
Publisher: Canadian Scholars
Imprint: Canadian Scholars
ISBN: 9781773384412
ISBN 10: 1773384414
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 31 August 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
""Today's classrooms are complex with students varying along multiple dimensions, such as their mental health and their academic and learning profiles. Understanding Mental Health Across Educational Contexts provides a strong conceptual foundation that educators can draw on to support all learners with effective, research-informed strategies. With a focus on practical applications in the classroom and creating classrooms that promote mental health and wellness, this text is comprehensive and a much-needed resource for educators to foster responsiveness to students in our classrooms."" — Colin King, PhD, C. Psych, Director, Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Western University ""This book is a refreshing invitation for educators to move from doing culturally responsive pedagogy to embodying a culturally responsive identity. The text calls for educators to take a stance of justice and curiosity to promote student success from an intersectional and wellness approach, while providing pragmatic and relevant tools for how to do so. A must-read for new and experienced educators alike who are positioned to respond to the current realities and mental health needs within educational settings."" —Tanya Surette, PhD, R. Psych, CCC, CCS, Associate Professor and Program Coordinator, MEd in Counselling Program, School of Education, Acadia University
Author Information
Lindsey Jaber is an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Windsor. Dr. Jaber is also a registered psychologist in the areas of school, clinical, and counselling psychology with the College of Psychologists of Ontario.
