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PERSONAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological<br />
Wellbeing: A Portfolio for Educational and Health Professionals<br />
Norah Frederickson and Sandra Dunsmuir<br />
quick guide<br />
Age Range:<br />
2–20 years<br />
Suitable for:<br />
Teachers, SENCOs, Educational<br />
Psychologists, School Nurses,<br />
Behaviour Support Teams (BEST)<br />
and Youth Offending Teams (YOT)<br />
Administration:<br />
Group or Individual<br />
Timings:<br />
Varying throughout booklets<br />
Also Available:<br />
Emotional Literacy See page 63<br />
and Pupil Attitudes to Self and<br />
School See pages 50–52 and<br />
Paediatric Index of Emotional<br />
Distress See page 62<br />
Suitable for use in<br />
implementing the<br />
Curriculum for<br />
Excellence<br />
Suitable for use for Getting it<br />
Right for Every Child Initiative<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing is a unique<br />
portfolio of <strong>assessments</strong> authored by highly-respected professionals from<br />
across the fields of <strong>educational</strong> and clinical development, designed to help<br />
all levels of school staff and clinical practitioners diagnose and respond to a<br />
child’s mental health needs quickly.<br />
Children experiencing emotional or mental health issues are unlikely to be<br />
able to fulfil their potential in the classroom and schools have a duty to help<br />
with the early recognition and identification of these children. Responding<br />
quickly with appropriate interventions and providing specialist help where<br />
necessary will provide these children with the support they need to achieve<br />
to the best of their ability.<br />
Measures of Children’s Mental Health & Psychological Wellbeing can be<br />
used by a range of staff including teachers, SENCOs and school nurses. It<br />
provides a range of simple, paper-based <strong>assessments</strong> that can be used to<br />
measure the development of a child’s social and emotional skills,<br />
individually or in a group setting.<br />
Along with an informative<br />
introduction booklet, the portfolio<br />
comprises a further seven booklets<br />
containing over 50 valuable<br />
instruments for measuring a child’s<br />
mental health and psychological<br />
wellbeing. Full guidance is<br />
provided on how to administer,<br />
score and interpret each measure,<br />
as well as ideas for subsequent<br />
intervention.<br />
By using Measures of Children’s<br />
Mental Health & Psychological<br />
Wellbeing you can assess your<br />
pupils emotional needs over time<br />
and ensure that any specialist<br />
interventions introduced are<br />
helping them progress in school.<br />
Examples taken from the Booklets<br />
of Measures<br />
Did you know?<br />
A staggering 10% of<br />
children aged 5 to 16<br />
have a clinically<br />
recognisable mental<br />
disorder<br />
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