Mental health in schools : engaging learners, preventing problems, and improving schools /

Adelman, Howard S.,

Mental health in schools : engaging learners, preventing problems, and improving schools / Howard S. Adelman, Linda Taylor. - 1 online resource (xi, 310 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mental health in schools: past and present -- About moving toward a comprehensive approach -- Labeling, screening, and over-pathologizing -- Evidence-based practices in schools : concerns about fit and implementation -- Social control versus engagement in learning : a mental health perspective -- A period of transition and possible transformation -- Strategies for embedding mental health in school improvement -- Social and emotional learning and promotion of mental health : implications for addressing behavior problems -- Challenges and opportunities for promoting mental health in the classroom -- Mental health assistance for students at school -- Focusing on the well-being of school staff -- New directions -- Collaboration : working together to move forward and enhance impact -- Show us the data : using and extending the research base -- Addressing systemic change.

9781452209661 (e-book)


Students--Mental health--United States.
Students--Mental health services--United States.
School improvement programs--United States.


Electronic books.

LB3430 / .A34 2010

371.7/13