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

Dr Ali D'Amario is an Educational and Child Psychologist and author who delivers staff training and parent workshops, as well as working with children at a group and individual level. She studied for her Doctorate at The University of East London under the supervision of Dr Tina Rae who she credits for instilling her with a passion for supporting the well-being of children, young people, school staff and families. She is also a trustee for the children's mental health charity, The Bee-lieve Foundation.

Dr Tina Rae is a prolific author with 40 years' experience working with children and families in clinical and educational contexts. Currently a Consultant Educational and Child Psychologist focused on supporting foster carers, social workers and looked after children.
She is also a member of the Advisory board for Fresh Start in Education and for the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH).