'... useful reading for the non-specialist teacher. Even where a problem is clearly intractable ... the authors are able to offer encouraging and positive advice.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement'SENCOs will find lots of useful information in this handbook, and will want to make it available to many other school staff working with children who have mental health needs, whether they have special educational needs or not.' - SENCO UpdateWinner of the TES/ NASEN Academic Book Award 2002'The Academic Book Award panel welcomed Mary Atkinson and Garry Hornby's survey, ranging from suicidal behaviour and anxiety disorders to the more familiar territory of bullying and bereavement, with suggesttions for promoting whole school mental health.'Judges' comment:'An excellent study of the range of childhood and adolescent mental health and the circumstances that lead to them ... Of interest to a wide readership and especially useful for school counsellors as well as classroom teachers.''Here is a book that helps to bridge the divide between mental health and education ... [It] is a useful guide for practising teachers to dip into. It will also inform aspects of whole school development, both policy and practice. Special needs co-ordinators, educational psychologists, behaviour support teachers and educational welfare officers, along with many other professionals, will also find the handbook a welcome addition to their reference library. A book such as this is long overdue and I throughly recommend it.' - Christine Markham, Special Children'Atkinson and Hornby have successfully bridged the divide between mental health and education in producing this practical and accessible handbook. The handbook provides a valuable and rare resource for teachers and other educational professionals.' - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

• 1. Introduction 2. Normal and Abnormal Development 3. Conduct Disorder 4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 5. Eating Disorders 6. Anxiety Disorders 7. Substance Abuse 8. Depression 9. Suicidal Behaviour and Deliberate Self-harm 10. Soiling and Wetting 11. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder 12. Schizophrenia 13. Autism 14. Special Educational Needs 15. Bullying 16. Parental Separation and Divorce 17. Bereavement 18. Child Abuse and Neglect 19. Post-traumatic Stress 20. Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents 21. Promoting Mental Health in Schools

'... useful reading for the non-specialist teacher. Even where a problem is clearly intractable ... the authors are able to offer encouraging and positive advice.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement'SENCOs will find lots of useful information in this handbook, and will want to make it available to many other school staff working with children who have mental health needs, whether they have special educational needs or not.' - SENCO UpdateWinner of the TES/ NASEN Academic Book Award 2002'The Academic Book Award panel welcomed Mary Atkinson and Garry Hornby's survey, ranging from suicidal behaviour and anxiety disorders to the more familiar territory of bullying and bereavement, with suggesttions for promoting whole school mental health.'Judges' comment:'An excellent study of the range of childhood and adolescent mental health and the circumstances that lead to them ... Of interest to a wide readership and especially useful for school counsellors as well as classroom teachers.''Here is a book that helps to bridge the divide between mental health and education ... [It] is a useful guide for practising teachers to dip into. It will also inform aspects of whole school development, both policy and practice. Special needs co-ordinators, educational psychologists, behaviour support teachers and educational welfare officers, along with many other professionals, will also find the handbook a welcome addition to their reference library. A book such as this is long overdue and I throughly recommend it.' - Christine Markham, Special Children'Atkinson and Hornby have successfully bridged the divide between mental health and education in producing this practical and accessible handbook. The handbook provides a valuable and rare resource for teachers and other educational professionals.' - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

• 1. Introduction 2. Normal and Abnormal Development 3. Conduct Disorder 4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 5. Eating Disorders 6. Anxiety Disorders 7. Substance Abuse 8. Depression 9. Suicidal Behaviour and Deliberate Self-harm 10. Soiling and Wetting 11. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder 12. Schizophrenia 13. Autism 14. Special Educational Needs 15. Bullying 16. Parental Separation and Divorce 17. Bereavement 18. Child Abuse and Neglect 19. Post-traumatic Stress 20. Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents 21. Promoting Mental Health in Schools

'... useful reading for the non-specialist teacher. Even where a problem is clearly intractable ... the authors are able to offer encouraging and positive advice.' - Gerald Haigh, Times Educational Supplement'SENCOs will find lots of useful information in this handbook, and will want to make it available to many other school staff working with children who have mental health needs, whether they have special educational needs or not.' - SENCO UpdateWinner of the TES/ NASEN Academic Book Award 2002'The Academic Book Award panel welcomed Mary Atkinson and Garry Hornby's survey, ranging from suicidal behaviour and anxiety disorders to the more familiar territory of bullying and bereavement, with suggesttions for promoting whole school mental health.'Judges' comment:'An excellent study of the range of childhood and adolescent mental health and the circumstances that lead to them ... Of interest to a wide readership and especially useful for school counsellors as well as classroom teachers.''Here is a book that helps to bridge the divide between mental health and education ... [It] is a useful guide for practising teachers to dip into. It will also inform aspects of whole school development, both policy and practice. Special needs co-ordinators, educational psychologists, behaviour support teachers and educational welfare officers, along with many other professionals, will also find the handbook a welcome addition to their reference library. A book such as this is long overdue and I throughly recommend it.' - Christine Markham, Special Children'Atkinson and Hornby have successfully bridged the divide between mental health and education in producing this practical and accessible handbook. The handbook provides a valuable and rare resource for teachers and other educational professionals.' - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

• 1. Introduction 2. Normal and Abnormal Development 3. Conduct Disorder 4. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder 5. Eating Disorders 6. Anxiety Disorders 7. Substance Abuse 8. Depression 9. Suicidal Behaviour and Deliberate Self-harm 10. Soiling and Wetting 11. Obsessive-compulsive Disorder 12. Schizophrenia 13. Autism 14. Special Educational Needs 15. Bullying 16. Parental Separation and Divorce 17. Bereavement 18. Child Abuse and Neglect 19. Post-traumatic Stress 20. Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents 21. Promoting Mental Health in Schools