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Fostering Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the Classroom provides educators with a thorough, readable guide to some of the most common mental health issues and symptomatology that they are likely to confront in their daily work with students. Few teachers are specifically taught what behaviors by students may potentially result in severely reduced functioning or risk of harm to self or others. Many teachers today receive a trial by fire when confronted with mental health crises. This text will assist educators in recognizing symptoms of crisis and provides them tools that will help them take the proper steps toward addressing the mental health issues of their students.
The Role of the Educator in Early Identification, Referral, and Linkage
The Role of the Educator in Early Identification, Referral, and Linkage
Prereading Questions
As you read this chapter, reflect on the following questions and issues:
- Think about the symptoms and risk factors that you have read about in previous chapters. How many students in your school exhibit problems like the ones that you have read about?
- If you thought that a student was burdened by a number of the risk factors that you have read about, what would you do? Are there systems in place in your school, community, or both where you may refer students and their families?
- Discuss the way that your school system addresses mental health among students. How effective are schoolwide prevention ...
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