The School Mental Health Response Handbook

Elevate your support for children’s well-being in schools with our user-friendly resource, offering practical strategies and guidance for busy educators to navigate and nurture mental health. You’ll deepen your understanding of the key emotional and social challenges children face today through evidence-based techniques for engaging with children and young people at both a preventative level and to recognise and respond to mental health needs as they arise.

Covering topics including developmental trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, school-avoidance, self-harm and more, this handbook is designed for the busy individual seeking to support the well-being of children and young people to dip in and out of as needed.

Perfect for use in school and educational settings, the bounty of information sheets, top tips and key strategies provided can be used to effectively provide the trauma-informed nurture that so many children need.

“This helpful and practical guide has a wide range of reflection points, case studies and useful information which gives anyone supporting young people’s mental health time to consider how to do this in the best way possible.” – Amy Sayer, FCCT, author of Supporting Staff Mental Health in Your School and freelance mental health trainer