Developing Your School's Student Support Teams: A Practical Guide for K-12 Leaders, Student Services Personnel, and Mental Health Staff

Developing Your Schools Student Support Teams is a practical manual for schools seeking to establish and sustain coordinated teams in support of students social, emotional, and behavioral health. It promotes teamwork by exploring how interdependent practitioners can come together at the appropriate levels and times to help coordinate school and community resources. This will guide K-12 leaders and service professionals toward systems and decision-making that enable long-term student supports, accurate identification of systemic learning barriers, improved school culture and climate, attention to diverse populations, and more.

Format: Hardback
Length: 128 pages
Publication date: 25 February 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Developing Your Schools Student Support Teams is a comprehensive guide for schools seeking to establish and sustain coordinated teams dedicated to supporting students' social, emotional, and behavioral health. In today's complex educational landscape, students face a multitude of challenges that impact their learning, engagement, and overall well-being. While school psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses are crucial in many school districts, their schedules and responsibilities often hinder effective collaboration in developing and implementing comprehensive intervention plans.

This book aims to foster teamwork across schools by exploring how interdependent practitioners can come together at the appropriate levels and times to coordinate school and community resources. By employing this filtering process, K-12 leaders and service professionals will be guided toward systems and decision-making that enable long-term student supports, accurate identification of systemic learning barriers, improved school culture and climate, attention to diverse populations, and more.

Through proactive teamwork strategies, school staff will be better equipped to share workload and accountability, identify and build upon the existing strengths and supports of every student, and create a supportive environment that promotes academic and personal growth. By investing in student support teams, schools can ensure that all students receive the attention and assistance they need to thrive, fostering a positive and inclusive learning community.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032145334