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Supporting Teachers Through Consultation and Training in Mental Health

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“This chapter describes the need for mental health professionals to support teachers in addressing student mental health and effective strategies for providing that support. The chapter begins with a discussion of deficits in teacher training in topics pertinent to student mental health including child and adolescent development, identification and early intervention for students with mental health difficulties, and behavior management. Teachers want to promote mental health for their students, and are eager for the mental health community to help them overcome these training deficits. To that end, the second half of the chapter is focused on school mental health consultation as a means for supporting teachers. This section includes a description of consultation models, the consultation process, and unique aspects of consultation in the school setting.”

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  1. Department of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Jennifer E. Gibson

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Center for School Mental Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Sharon Stephan, Nicole E. Brandt & Nancy A. Lever

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Gibson, J.E., Stephan, S., Brandt, N.E., Lever, N.A. (2014). Supporting Teachers Through Consultation and Training in Mental Health. In: Weist, M., Lever, N., Bradshaw, C., Owens, J. (eds) Handbook of School Mental Health. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7624-5_20

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