Description
Fostering Child and Adolescent Mental Health in the Classroom provides educators and school personnel with a thorough, readable guide to some of the most common mental health issues they are likely to confront in the classroom. Editor Raymond J. Waller offers pre-service and in-service educators strategic tools to help take the proper steps toward addressing the mental health issues of their students.
Table of Contents
Introduction - Raymond J. Waller & Jeffrey P. Douglass
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH
1. The Educator’s Role in Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Raymond J. Waller, Diane J. Bresson, & Katie S. Waller
2. A Teacher's Guide to Understanding the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders - Denise M. Green
3. Dealing with Problem Behavior in the Classroom: A Behaviorological Perspective - Jerome D. Ulman
PART II: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES FREQUENTLY CONFRONTED IN THE CLASSROOM
4. Elimination Disorders - Susan Mortweet VanScoyoc
5. Mood Disorders: Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder, and Bipolar Disorder - Amy C. Traylor and M. Elizabeth Vonk
6. Childhood Anxiety Disorders - Joseph Himle, Daniel Fischer, Michelle Van Etten, and Jordana Muroff
7. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Nina Yssel
8. Oppositional Defiant Disorder - Julie Sarno Owens and Lauren Richerson
PART III: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES INVOLVING SIGNIFICANT RISK TO SELF OR OTHERS
9. Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Obesity - Laura Myers
10. Conduct Disorder - Raymond J. Waller, Katie S. Waller, Diane J. Bresson, & Michelle Schramm
11. Bullying Behavior and School Violence - W. Sean Newsome and Michael Kelly
12. Childhood Sexuality and Sexual Behavior - Ramona M. Noland
13. Child Abuse and Neglect - Julie Palmour, Diane J. Bresson, and Raymond J. Waller
14. Self Injury and Suicide - Steve Knotek, Sarah Hamel, Rachel Schoolman, and Natalie Siegel
PART IV: MOVING BEYOND THE CLASSROOM
15. The Role of the Educator in Early Identification, Referral and Linkage - Dawn Anderson-Butcher
16. Communication Between Parents and Professionals - Thomas A. Wood and S. T. Kordinak
17. Mental Health Needs and Problems as Opportunities for Expanding the Boundaries of School Improvement - Hal A. Lawson, Kevin Quinn, Eric Hardiman, and Robert Miller
Glossary
