Mental Health and Attendance at School

A comprehensive and practical guide to understanding the links between mental health and school attendance in children and young people.

Katie Finning (Edited by), Tamsin Ford (Edited by), Darren A. Moore (Edited by)

9781911623144, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 31 March 2022

258 pages
23.3 x 15.7 x 1.1 cm, 0.341 kg

'This well-vetted book is a guide for those working with students with special needs and school attendance … When compared to books addressing attendance, this guide rises to the top by targeting students with special needs.' Sherie Huber, Doody's Reviews

The interface between mental health and schools has become a major focus of policy and practice. School attendance is important and impacts a range of outcomes, from academic performance, to children and young people's mental health. In this book, experts from the education and mental health sectors have collaborated to produce a practical guide to mental health and attendance at school that will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners across this inter-disciplinary field. The book covers topics such as the importance of a multidisciplinary approach, terminology and socio-political considerations, school attendance problems in relation to emotional, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders, special educational needs, school factors and influences and attendance of vulnerable children. Its aim is to offer practical advice and key information to practitioners from both clinical and educational sectors so that they can work more effectively to enable children and young people to thrive.

1. Mental health and attendance at school: Setting the scene
2. School attendance: Terminology and socio-political considerations
3. Emotional disorders and attendance at school
4. Behavioural disorders and coping with school
5. Neurodevelopmental disorders and attendance at school
6. Educating a 'new me' after an acquired brain injury
7. School influences on attendance and special educational needs
8. Supporting the attendance of vulnerable children at school: A lens on refugee children and those with life-limiting illnesses
9. School attendance and anxiety: A parental perspective
10. Reflections on the impact of Covid-19 on children's education and mental health.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Mental health services [MBPK], Teaching of specific groups & persons with special educational needs [JNS], Education: care & counselling of students [JNH], Educational psychology [JNC], Child & developmental psychology [JMC]