{"product_id":"the-teachers-guide-to-student-mental-health","title":"The Teacher's Guide to Student Mental Health","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom ADHD to schizophrenia and everything in between  what teachers need to know about their students mental health. Twenty percent of children and adolescents have a mental health disorder and in five percent  the disorder is severe. Chances are that every classroom in America will have at least one student who has a mental health disorder  possibly even in the severe range. These students often have symptoms that interfere with their ability to learn. From Ontario  Canada to California  school districts and state Boards of Education are recognizing the importance of comprehensive approaches to student mental health that include teacher education.  By understanding child and adolescent mental health issues  general education and special education teachers have additional tools to provide the most successful educational environment for their students. But where can a teacher turn to get reliable information on what they need to know? Here  William Dikel  MD  a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist  who serves as a consultant to school districts nationwide  answers the call with a comprehensive  teacher-focused guide to student mental health. From anxiety and depression to ADHD  autism spectrum disorders  behavior disorders  substance use disorders  and psychoses  this practical book provides essential information on how mental health disorders are diagnosed and treated  how they tend to manifest at school  and how they affect students emotions  behaviors  and ability to learn. It explains why traditional behavioral interventions are often unsuccessful  and describes effective classroom interventions that teachers can use to provide optimal educational experiences.  Teachers will learn the differences between normal child and adolescent behaviors and behaviors that reflect underlying mental health disorders  and will recognize where these behaviors fall on a spectrum  ranging from behavioral (planned  volitional acts that clearly have a function) to the clinical (where a mental health disorder is causing the behavior).  They will also learn how to communicate effectively with their school teams (and student families) to ensure that school mental health staff (psychologists  social workers  counselors  and nurses) will be able to provide appropriate interventions for students in need. Administrators will learn the importance of creating a district mental health plan that clearly defines the roles of teachers  mental health staff  principals  and others  with the goal of establishing a seamless system of coordinated professionals all working to meet the students needs.  Finally  the book profiles successful programs  provided both by school districts and in collaboration with community mental health professionals  including Response to Intervention (RTI)  Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS)  social-emotional learning  and school-linked mental health services.  Based on the authors thirty years of experience providing consultation to teachers in settings varying from general education classrooms to self-contained special education programs for severely emotionally disturbed students  this book will be an invaluable guide for parents  school principals  special education directors  school social workers  counselors  psychologists  and nurses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974572699701,"sku":"ByrdShop_0393708640","price":41.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780393708646.jpg?v=1770664786","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-teachers-guide-to-student-mental-health","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}