Description
Are you looking to develop your expertise in child and adolescent mental health?
This comprehensive guide is updated to help you:
1) understand the current social, political and ideological contexts of child and adolescent mental health
2) develop an understanding of child and adolescent development and mental health conditions
3) identify appropriate mental health promotion strategies and mental health interventions for working with children and adolescents
4) assess appropriate group work and communication strategies for improving the mental health of children and adolescents
5) improve knowledge and practice of child and adolescent safeguarding, rights and culture
Written by a multi-disciplinary team of passionate experts, this book introduces important theories while showing how they can be applied to real world practice. Packed with examples and activities to get you thinking and learning, it is an essential introduction for anyone interested in or working to improve child and adolescent mental health.
Table of Contents
An Introduction to Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Maddie Burton and Clive Sealey
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conditions - Maddie Burton and Clive Sealey
Theories of Infant, Child and Adolescent Development - Maddie Burton and Clive Sealey
Safeguarding Children and Young People – ‘everybody’s responsibility’ - Wendy Porter-Clark
Children and Young People’s Rights and Mental Health - Clive Sealey and Maddie Burton
Mental Health Promotion and Interventions with Young People and Families - Clive Sealey
Effective Communication with Children, Young People and their Families - Kirsty Fraser
Group Work with Children, Young People and Families - Clive Sealey
Understanding the Importance of Culture when Working with Children, Young People and their Families - Clive Sealey
Ideologies of Family - Clive Sealey
