Books for Teachers on Staff and Pupil Wellbeing and Mental Health (In date order within each category - most recent at head of column) by Steve Waters https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi These books on staff and pupil mental health have been recommended by educators and collated by Teach Well Toolkit as a service to authors and readers. The information about each book has been provided by the authors. Teach Well Toolkit does not guarantee that any one book will be appropriate for your needs. en-us 2023-07-25 10:16:07 UTC 2026-02-03 13:57:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1579158813/fe2e68be6489209a01b614961b2e9d8b/Screenshot_2023_05_31_at_10_18_53.png Nurturing Personal, Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood: A practical guide to understanding brain development and young children's behaviour. Debbie Garvey 2018 (Jessica Kingsley). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/44vt6fj4 stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650826689 This direct guide supports practitioners in nurturing personal, social and emotional development (PSED) in young children by demystifying brain development research.

Condensing a wealth of recent research and theory around PSED into practical guidance, it gives professionals the knowledge and understanding they need to critically evaluate their own practice and find the best course of action to support PSED in young children. 

From the perspective of neuroscience, it explores what can help or hinder development, considers why some children bite and why toddlers have tantrums, and questions how well-intentioned actions, such as reward systems may be misguided.]]> 2023-07-25 10:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650826689 Performance Management in Early Years Settings: A practical guide for leaders and managers. Debbie Garvey 2017(Jessica Kingsley). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/ycxd8v5j stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650832390 2023-07-25 10:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650832390 Little Brains Matter: A practical guide to brain development and neuroscience in early childhood. Debbie Garvey 2023 (Routledge Speechmark). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/x5e2ckwr stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650838566 This accessible, practical guide introduces neuroscience in an accessible way, demystifying terminology and language and increasing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of anyone interested in brain development.

Chapters encourage the reader to consider how environments, play and interactions are crucially interlinked. The book considers a range of ways that adults can support children, exploring:

• Poverty, adversity, and social, emotional and mental health
• The science behind the importance of play
• Learning from disciplines such as psychology and anthropology 
• Adult interaction 
• Importance of reflective practice

A wealth of case studies and reflective practices provide encouragement and empowerment to pause and consider practice. ]]> 2023-07-25 10:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650838566 Cultures of Staff Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools: Reflecting on positive case studies. Stephen Waters 2021 (Open University/McGraw-Hill). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/mssxvkr4 stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650842202 This book will support you as you build a culture of staff mental wellbeing in your school with: 
 •32 individual chapter case-study accounts by headteachers and mental wellbeing leads of how they are implementing staff and pupil wellbeing in their schools. A rich resource of strategies and ideas to adapt to your own context.
 •How to recognise and tackle staff burnout in your school, identifying the Maslach factors that cause it. 
 •Why teachers putting ‘a brave face on it’ is ineffective: Jonathan Glazzard presents his ground- breaking research identifying a connection between teacher wellbeing, pupil emotional response and attainment.
 •What ‘buffer’ leadership is and why recognising it is crucial to the headteacher’s mental health. ]]> 2023-07-25 11:11:08 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650842202 Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom: The updated guide to teaching happiness and positive mental health - 2nd Edn. Adrian Bethune 2023 (Bloomsbury). Amazon:https://tinyurl.com/ycyu4nh2 stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650917633 This guide for teaching wellbeing and positive mental health in primary schools is packed with practical ideas for every classroom. 
 
Including new chapters on the importance of nature for health, behaviour and concentration, and digital wellbeing and helping children to navigate life online in a healthy way, this updated edition is an essential tool for supporting healthy emotional development in the primary classroom. 
 
Experienced teacher and advisor on children's wellbeing, Adrian Bethune, takes the latest evidence and research from the science of happiness and positive psychology and brings them to life. 
 
Wellbeing in the Primary Classroom is full of tried-and-tested activities and techniques, including mindfulness, positive reflection, physical activity and acts of kindness.
]]> 2023-07-25 14:01:55 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650917633 Teacher Wellbeing and Self-Care: A little guide for teachers. Adrian Bethune and Emma Kell 2020 (Corwin/Sage). Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Guide-Teachers-Wellbeing-Self-care/dp/1529730570/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650921607 Teachers can’t teach effectively if they’re demotivated and exhausted; and they shouldn’t they have to! A Little Guide for Teachers: Teacher Wellbeing and Self-Care explains how wellbeing is essential to effective teaching, and gives teachers practical tools to take back control of the classroom.

The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day to day life as a teacher:

·       Authored by experts in the field.
·       Easy to dip in-and-out of.
·       Interactive activities encourage you to write into the
        book and make it your own.
·       Fun engaging illustrations throughout.
·       Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!]]> 2023-07-25 14:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2650921607 Mental Wellbeing in Schools: What teachers need to know to support pupils from diverse backgrounds. Arif Mahmud & Liam Satchell 2022 (David Fulton/Routledge). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/y479st99 stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2651416158 This book is a practice-facing, evidence-based guide for teachers, support staff, education students, and schools, giving advice on the ways in which we can support the mental wellbeing of pupils from diverse backgrounds. 
 
Bringing together advice and strategies for supporting pupil mental health and wellbeing, this book makes accessible key knowledge about mental health and examines how this might vary in different pupil populations by exploring the unique challenges for disadvantaged and minority pupils. 
 
Offering valuable insights into the diverse nature of pupils’ mental health experiences, each chapter provides practical suggestions and approaches that teachers can use in the classroom and schools can adopt into their pastoral care systems, including real-life case studies and key takeaways.
]]> 2023-07-26 08:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2651416158 Tiny Voices Talk: Education, engagement, empowerment. Toria Bono 2022 (Crown House). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/3fjdxx9y stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2651421130 Tiny Voices Talk: Education, engagement and empowerment is a book full of tips, insights and practical approaches.
 
When tiny voices talk, three amazing things happen: they share surprising ideas and insights; they realise they are not so tiny; and they empower other tiny voices to talk too. 
 
Drawing on the winning formula of her Tiny Voice Talks podcasts, Toria Bono has compiled a resource full of top tips and actionable advice from a range of tiny voices across the educational spectrum - from mentoring, metacognitive skills and period education, to trauma-informed practice, nurturing curious learners and finding flow in the classroom. 
]]> 2023-07-26 08:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2651421130 Supporting Staff Mental Health in Your School. Amy Sayer 2020 (Jessica Kingsley). Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/59r4rufa stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2652046063 This is a book aimed at anyone who wants to support positive mental health and wellbeing for school staff. It has a range of practical tips and case studies to show which support staff should be offered if they are struggling with their mental health. It also includes tips about how to talk about mental health in a meaningful way with colleagues to provide them with a safe space to be honest about their feelings.]]> 2023-07-27 09:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2652046063 A Guide to Mental Health for Early Years Educators. Kate Moxley 2022 (Routledge) Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/bdzxk3pu stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2656435616 Drawing from "day-in-the-life" experiences and case studies, this book sets out high-quality staff wellbeing practices that can revolutionise the way childcare practitioners approach their job and their own health. Chapters guide the reader through a process of reflection and development, encouraging and empowering them to create a workplace culture that positively contributes to their personal wellbeing.]]> 2023-08-05 10:07:01 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2656435616 The Big Book of Whole School Wellbeing. Edited by Kimberley Evans, Thérèse Hoyle, Frederika Roberts & Bukky Yusuf 2021 (Corwin) Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/2xj4uwv9 stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2657214448 Despite many school leaders and teaching and non-teaching staff working hard to support children’s and their own wellbeing, more needs to be done. 

This book provides you with the necessary tools and strategies to navigate your way through the changing educational landscape and shape the schools of the future. Written by a diverse range of experts in the field, it explores how all school staff can support their own, their colleagues’ and their students’ wellbeing, how leaders can lead well and be well, and the importance of relationships within the entire school community to promote personal, academic and professional flourishing.

]]> 2023-08-07 11:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2657214448 Room in the Nest: A foster care story. Holly Marlow 2022. Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1739916840 stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2691518675 Teach children about different kinds of foster care, with this touching tale of fostering placements leading to reunification, kinship care, adoption and long term foster care / fostering-to-adopt. This inclusive story features different types of family, including same-sex and single parents, and can be used as an effective teaching aid to normalise and explain foster care and other family structures to all children.]]> 2023-09-09 09:28:09 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2691518675 Aron the Anxious Alien and his journey to a happier self. Sandra Georgeson 2022. Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/aCqFsri stevewaters171 https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2716469367 Aron goes on a journey to help him understand and calm his nervous system. It is aimed at primary school children and has advice for parents and professionals too around ways of supporting children through therapeutic language and in other ways. ]]> 2023-09-22 14:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stevewaters171/zi07e37n0tvrolhi/wish/2716469367