Proactive Pastoral Care: Nurturing happy, healthy and successful learners

Proactive Pastoral Care is a guide for secondary teachers to empower students to make healthy life choices and look after their wellbeing, with practical activities and resources for tutor time, assemblies, Relationships and Sex Education, and PSHE lessons. It includes a foreword by Dr Pooky Knightsmith and covers various aspects of student wellbeing, such as community building, parental engagement, e-safety, and caring for mental health.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 15 April 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

In every UK classroom, an estimated three children suffer from a diagnosable mental health problem. Proactive Pastoral Care is a vital guide to enable secondary teachers to empower their students to make healthy life choices and look after their wellbeing, both in school and beyond. With practical, research-based activities and resources for tutor time, assemblies, Relationships and Sex Education and PSHE lessons, this book puts student wellbeing at the heart of the agenda. It also includes a foreword by Dr Pooky Knightsmith, an internationally renowned mental health educator, speaker, and author. Pastoral care expert Maria ONeill explores several aspects of student wellbeing, from community building and parental engagement to e-safety and caring for mental health. Maria introduces refreshing, proactive techniques that can be put into practice straightaway to create a supportive learning environment. Backed up by academic research, Maria's easy-to-follow techniques mean any teacher, form tutor, or head of year can feel confident in their approach and offer students the pastoral support they need.

Weight: 226g
Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472980434