Helping Adolescents in School

This resource for student support for the development of caring schools will open up new sources of understanding for educators and mental health professionals. Dr. Branwhite provides a unique analysis of the views of adolescents based upon applied research and insight into adolescent reality as opposed to adult interpretation. This book identifies the challenges facing adolescents and highlights their coping skills and problem solving tools. The need for counseling and advice dispersion and its positive reception by adolescents is emphasized. Dr. Branwhite offers extensive advice on developing high-quality student support based on his experience dealing with adolescents as an educational psychologist for the past 20 years.

Branwhite offers extensive advice on developing high-quality student support based on his experience dealing with adolescents as an educational psychologist for the past 20 years. This book will be of interest to educators and mental health professionals dealing with the adolescent population.

List of contents

Contemporary Issues
Research on Adolescent Help-Seeking
Research on Adolescent Perception
New Research Findings
New Perspectives
Implications For School Development
Bibliography
Appendix
Index

About the author

Tony Branwhite

Product details

• Authors: Tony Branwhite, Branwhite Tony
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.08.2000
• EAN: 9780275968984
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96898-4
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, EDUCATION / Counseling / General, Educational psychology, Secondary Schools, Education: care & counselling of students, Counselling and care of students, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary, Current Events and Issues: Education