The Mentally Healthy Schools Workbook

Practical Tips, Ideas, Action Plans and Worksheets for Making Meaningful Change

Pooky Knightsmith

Foreword by Norman Lamb

This book is the perfect starting point for anyone looking to promote and encourage mental health in their school, or evaluate their existing provision, in line with current government priorities. It covers not only the day-to-day practical steps you can take to meet the mental health needs of learners, but also a provides a whole bank of ideas for ensuring you adopt a whole-school approach to positive mental health.

This much-needed book is a jumping off point for meaningful change in all aspects of your school community that will promote, support and strengthen mental health at whole-school level.

Se P 2019 | £19.99 | 200PP | PB |

ISBN-9781787751484

Things I Got Wrong So You Don’t Have To

48 Lessons to Banish Burnout and Avoid Anxiety for Those Who Put Others First

Pooky Knightsmith

Part mental health guide, part memoir, this book contains 48 life lessons learned from everyday victories to life-changing events. Pooky shares tips on how to avoid burnout, how small acts of self-care can make a big difference, steps you can take to live with anxiety, and how to nurture key friendships and relationships, amongst many other things. Each lesson ends with space for the reader to reflect, and includes exercises to help take the first steps to incorporating these lessons into their own lives.

Unflinching and utterly authentic, Pooky shares the things she got wrong so that you don’t have to.

‘I don’t think you could read this book, without being better after having done so....why not give it a try?’ Gareth D Morewood, Educational Advisor, and former SENCo

A PR 2022 | £14.99 | 224PP | PB | ISBN-9781839972676

POOKY KNIGHTSMITH has a PhD in child mental health from the Institute of Psychiatry, KCL. She is the author of several books, and is a former chair of the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and a managing director at Creative Education. Pooky is autistic; a late diagnosis has helped her to thrive following many years of anorexia, depression and anxiety. She has a YouTube channel which is a source of Continuing Professional Development for many educators in the UK and beyond.

The Designated Mental Health Lead Planner

A Guide and Checklist for the School Year

Clare Erasmus

This planner provides much needed support and guidance for Designated Mental Health Leads (DMHLs). Drawing on the author’s experience as a DMHL, it includes detailed plans and checklists for all 39 academic weeks offering a suggested focus and strategy to achieve the aims of the role. ‘Clare has a wealth of experience and expertise in mental health that this book captures to provide the perfect balance between operational and strategic guidance not only for DMHLs, but also for other senior leaders, headteachers and governors who take seriously the challenge of creating a culture of care, mental health and wellbeing in their schools.’ Patrick OttleyO’Connor, Executive Headteacher

Aug 2021 | £18.99 | 184PP | PB |

ISBN-9781787755444

The Continuum of Restorative Practices in Schools

An Instructional Training Manual for Practitioners

Margaret Thorsborne and Dave Vinegrad

Foreword by Brenda Morrison f e B 2022 | £35 | 208PP | PB |

An instructional manual on restorative justice in schools from world-leading experts; this ‘how to’ guide offers guidance on the issues of carrying out restorative practices once they have been implemented in schools. It includes coping with day-to-day problems and offers worksheets for practical daily use.

ISBN-9781839970412

How to Transform Your School into an LGBT+ Friendly Place

A Practical Guide for Nursery, Primary and Secondary Teachers

Dr Elly Barnes MBE and Dr Anna Carlile

Teach Secondary Awards Finalist

Currently teachers don’t receive the training or induction they need to make their school an LGBT+ inclusive environment. This can be seen by the fact that half of schools do not teach anything regarding LGBT+, and only 3% include LGBT+ content in two or more subjects. This book will help transform your school into a safe and inclusive place for all students.

Written with Educate & Celebrate!, an Ofsted and DFE recognised ‘Best Practice Award Programme’ this book gives teachers, governors and other staff the knowledge, strategies and confidence they need to implement a curriculum that is inclusive for all. Covering the changes to law, including the Equality Act 2010 which requires actively promoting acceptance, what language to use, case studies and much more, it is a must have guide for all schools.

‘A “must-have” guide for every school. It shows how to teach LGBT+ issues. Simple, effective, inspiring. Bravo!’ Peter Tatchell, Director, Peter Tatchell Foundation mAR 2018 | £15.99 | 152PP | PB | 5 B / W |

ISBN-9781785923494 |

Applying Dynamic Assessment in Schools

A Practical Approach to Improve Learning

Fraser Lauchlan and Clare Daly

Dynamic assessment is a collaborative, flexible approach to assessment which explores how a child learns and which aspects of their learning require intervention.

Learn how you can improve learning with a whole school approach to dynamic assessment complete with classroom ideas, resources, and strategies. The authors who frequently train in DA provide simple explanations of the contemporary model of dynamic assessment that make the links between theory and practice explicit. . Each chapter has designated downloadable resources such as rating scales of affective and cognitive learning, checklists, goal ladders and more with easy-to-follow instructions on how they should be used.

This book will support you to understand DA principles and actively demonstrate mediated learning for meaningful interventions, consultations, clear support strategies and effective feedback and feedforward skills to not only help students learn, but to help them learn better.

‘We can at last have a source of reference that provides approaches that are both sustainable and workable. A definite must on the teacher’s to do list!’ Maureen Jones,

Primary Teacher, Glasgow