Educators As First Responders - A Teacher s Guide to Adolescent Development Mental Health, Grades 6

Educators as First Responders is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to adolescent development and mental health for teachers and other educators of students in grades 6-12. This book provides tips and strategies that teachers, coaches, nurses, counselors, and other school professionals can put into immediate use with students.

List of contents

Section I: Educators and Adolescents 1. Educators As First Responders 2. The Adolescent Mind 3. They Did What? Risk, Reward, and Impulsivity 4. Worried, Sad, or Something More? Section II: Outside Forces 5. Race and Culture 6. Socioeconomic Considerations 7. Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation 8. Crisis Section III: Strengthening Their Circle of Support 9. Meet the Parents 10. Encouraging an Emotionally Healthy School

About the author

Deborah Offner is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in schools and colleges as a counselor, educator, and consultant for 25 years. She is Consulting Psychologist at Beacon Academy in Boston, MA, and provides counseling, supervision, and professional consultation to several other middle and secondary schools. Her areas of expertise include adolescent development and mental health, student affairs, and professional development for K-12 educators.

Summary

Educators as First Responders is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to adolescent development and mental health for teachers and other educators of students in grades 6-12. This book provides tips and strategies that teachers, coaches, nurses, counselors, and other school professionals can put into immediate use with students.

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Offner
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032059143
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205914-3
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Classroom Management, EDUCATION / Counseling / Crisis Management, Educational psychology, Age groups: adolescents, Education: care & counselling of students, Counselling and care of students