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All About SEMH is an accessible and informative guide for secondary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of social, emotional and mental health needs and enhance their toolkit with practical, evidence-informed strategies to support young people in their care.
List of contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
PART 1
1: The purpose of this book and how you might use it
2: What is the international and local policy picture?
3: What does it mean to have Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs?
4: Discussing and finding out about research on SEMH
5: Secondary school
PART 2
6: Anxiety
7: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
8: Bereavement, grief and loss
9: Bi-polar disorder
10: Criminal Child Exploitation (CCE)
11: Criminal sexual exploitation (CSE)
12: Depression
13: Drug use and abuse
14: Eating disorders
15: Harmful sexual behaviour (HSB)
16: Emerging personality disorder
17: Self-harm
18: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
19: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
20: Psychosis
21: Further resources
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Sarah Johnson is the founder of Phoenix Education Consultancy, which helps educational establishments to understand what they are doing well and looks at addressing gaps to improve their service. She previously worked in both primary and secondary mainstream education, including as director of inclusion for a large primary school, and as head of a Secondary Pupil Referral Unit.
Summary
All About SEMH is an accessible and informative guide for secondary school teachers, designed to increase their understanding of social, emotional and mental health needs and enhance their toolkit with practical, evidence-informed strategies to support young people in their care.
