Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum: A Guide for High School and College Teachers

Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum provides practical guidance for teachers to incorporate well-being tools into the classroom,blending theory,research,and practice. It offers engaging information,strategies,real-world examples,interactive reflection questions,and activities that can be directly applied to teaching and life,and is grounded in culturally responsive teaching,trauma-informed instruction,mental health,resilience,and emotional literacy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum is a comprehensive pedagogy guide designed specifically for educators at the high school and college levels. Written by a teacher for teachers, this book aims to provide practical insights and strategies to help educators survive, thrive, and sustain in their profession.

The book adopts an integrative approach, blending theory, research, and practice to create a comprehensive program for teachers to incorporate well-being tools into their classrooms. Each of the five foundations of the book includes engaging information, practical strategies, real-world examples, interactive reflection questions, and activities that can be directly applied to teaching and life.

Practical guidance is offered alongside accessible strategies for engagement, investment, and active learning in student-centered classrooms. The book emphasizes the importance of culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed instruction, mental health, resilience, and emotional literacy in teaching practices. Teachers will gain valuable insights on how to incorporate these aspects into their teaching, ensuring that their students receive a holistic education that addresses their physical, emotional, and mental well-being.

Furthermore, the book provides techniques for teachers to develop self-compassion and authentic self-care practices, enabling them to not only survive but flourish in and out of school. It addresses the challenges that students and teachers face in today's classrooms, defining what it means and what it takes to teach in such environments.

Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum is an essential resource for educators seeking to enhance their teaching skills and create a positive learning environment for their students. By integrating well-being principles into their teaching practices, educators can help their students develop the resilience and mental health skills necessary to navigate the challenges of life and achieve success.

Weight: 520g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032331485