Mental Health and Growing Up (Third edition): Factsheets for parents, teachers and young people
Edited by Gillian Rose and Ann York
The CONTENTS LIST and
full text of each factsheet are available online free of
charge.
Printed versions of the factsheets (ideal for photocopying)
can only be bought as part of the whole pack.
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Does your child throw a temper tantrum every time you
to go to the supermarket?
As a nursery teacher, are you finding it difficult to
control Richard in the classroom, especially when he crawls under
the tables at reading time?
Is your best friend living off black coffee and
lettuce leaves and getting thinner and thinner before your eyes,
and you don’t know where to turn?
The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Mental Health and
Growing Up factsheets may be able to help. These short,
simply written and easily understandable information sheets offer
parents, teachers and young people practical and up-to-date
information on what you can do if you are worried about your child,
a pupil or a friend.
The 36 different factsheets cover a wide range of emotional,
behavioural and mental health problems that often affect children
and young people. Each factsheet explains what the problem might
be, the possible causes and effects, gives tips to help you deal
with it, outlines the treatments available, and shows how and where
to get help and further information.
The factsheets have been rewritten for this third edition, so
they are more accessible to the general public. There are also new
cartoon-style illustrations.
Each double-sided A4-size factsheet has been designed so that
it can be photocopied clearly and easily. They can then be handed
out to young people, pupils, parents or friends. The pack is ideal
for school or practice nurses, their colleagues or any
professionals working with children and young people.
"Much of the advice is extremely useful as a first point of
reference for parents and professionals, particularly with regard
to difficulties which may fall outside the teacher or parent's
experience."
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Special Educational Needs)