| School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Mental Health Contributor(s): Franklin, Cynthia (Editor), Harris, Mary Beth (Editor), Allen-Meares, Paula (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0195370589 ISBN-13: 9780195370584 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: The School Practitioner's Concise Companions gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook, each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. Here, readers will find an overview of adolescent mental health disorders and step-by-step guidelines for intervening effectively. This Concise Companion covers ten major mental health issues-from depression to ADHD to autism-as well as strategies for working with co-occurring disorders and managing psychopharmacological treatments. Each chapter is filled with charts, checklists, and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices, it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Administration - General - Education | Counseling - General |
| Dewey: 371.713 |
| LCCN: 2008018233 |
| Series: School Practitioner's Concise Companions |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.54" W x 8.22" (0.79 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The School Practitioner's Concise Companions gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook, each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. Here, readers will find an overview of adolescent mental health disorders and step-by-step guidelines for intervening effectively. This Concise Companion covers ten major mental health issues-from depression to ADHD to autism-as well as strategies for working with co-occurring disorders and managing psychopharmacological treatments. Each chapter is filled with charts, checklists, and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices, it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals. |