A Whole School Approach to Mental Health and Well-being

Is mental health provision a concern in your school?

Are you looking to develop a whole school approach to mental health issues?

Do you need targeted, evidence-informed strategies?

Suitable for both primary and secondary age phases, this book is exactly what you need by giving you targeted strategies for developing a whole school approach to mental health provision. The importance of creating a whole school culture which promotes a positive attitude towards mental health is emphasised throughout.

Now completely revised to be relevant for a post-pandemic world, it provides:

• concise and practical guidance,
• practical case studies,
• thought-provoking questions to encourage reader reflection, and
• supportive techniques taken from teaching practice.

The case studies reflect practice from schools that have completed the mental health award, including scenarios involving Senior Mental Health leads in schools, and there is new content related to:

• the impact of Covid-19,
• developing a mental health curriculum,
• partnership working,
• vulnerable groups and individuals,
• mental health interventions,
• supporting staff well-being, and
• age-phase-specific considerations.

Introduction

1. Mental Health

2. Leadership and management

3. Designing a mental health curriculum

4. Working in partnership

5. Mental health interventions in schools

6. Staff well-being

7. Vulnerable Groups and Individuals

9. Pupils’ mental health in primary schools 

10. Pupils mental health in secondary schools

Conclusion

Jonathan Glazzard is the Rosalind Hollis Professor of Education for Social Justice in the School of Education at the University of Hull. His research focuses on the experiences of minoritised individuals and groups. Jonathan sits on the Editorial Boards of several journals, and is a co-convenor of the British Educational Research Association Special Interest Group, Mental Health and Wellbeing in Education. His current research focuses on the experiences of LGBTQ+ and disabled youth. 

Rachel Bostwick is Senior Partnership and Enterprise Consultant and leads the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools and the School Mental Health Award, which exists to strengthen the mental health of the next generation by supporting schools to make a positive change at all levels.