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CHILD MENTAL HEALTH
CHILD MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH 
MENTAL HEALTH IS A STATE OF WELL BEING IN 
WHICH EVERY INDIVIDUAL REALIZES HIS OR HER 
OWN POTENTIALS CANE COPE WITH THE NORMAL 
STRESSES OF LIFE CAN WORK PRODUCTIVELY 
AND FRUITFULLY AND IS ABLE TO MAKE A 
CONRIBUTION TO HER OR HIS COMMUNITY GOOD 
MENTAL THERE IS NO HEALTH HEALTH WITHOUT IS VITAL MENTAL FOR HEALTH… 
LEARNING AND 
LIFE CHILDREN WHO ARE MENTALLY HEALTHY 
ARE BETTER AQUIPPED TO MEET LIFE’S 
CHALLENGES
There Are A Myricid Of Factors That Can Impact A 
Child’s Mental Health Status, Both Positively And 
Negatively. It Is Important To Recognize And Treat 
Mental Illness In Children Early On . 
Once Mental Illness Develops, It Becomes A Regular Part 
Of Their Life
All children face some mental health problems/issues, including: 
 Anxiety about school performance 
 Problems dealing with parents & teachers 
 Unhealthy peer pressure 
 Common developmental, adjustment problems 
 Fears about starting school 
 School phobia 
 Dealing with death or divorce 
 Feeling depressed or overwhelmed 
 Drug or alcohol use 
 Suicidal ideation 
 Worrying about sexuality 
 Facing tough decisions 
 Considering dropping out of school
FACTORS EFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH 
 BROKEN HOMES 
 POVERTY 
 LACK OF DISCIPLINE 
 LACK OF LOVE,CARE AND AFFECTION 
 PARTIAL TREATMENT OF CHILD 
 CROWDED HOMES 
 FAVOURITISM OR PARTIAL TREATMENT OF TEACHER 
 LOCATION OF SCHOOLS 
 LACK OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN SCHOOLS 
 EMOTIONAL CLIMATE IN SCHOOL
“Children are the 
messages we send to a 
time we will not see.” 
(Neil Postman)
“...mental health is inexorably linked with general 
health, child care, and success in the classroom and 
inversely related to involvement in the juvenile 
justice system.” 
“A collaborative and coordinated effort is 
needed among schools, families, and 
communities to ensure that all children and 
adolescents achieve positive academic and 
behavioral outcomes.
• Schools are the logical point of entry to increase 
the efficacy of mental health services to children 
and adolescents. 
• For nearly half of the children with serious 
emotional disturbances who receive mental 
health services at all, the school system has been 
the sole provider. 
• Schools are already the primary providers of 
mental health services for all children. 
• Offering services in the schools improves access 
to treatment.
Mental health is directly linked to 
educational outcomes. 
Schools are the optimal place to develop 
psychological competence and to teach 
children about making informed and 
appropriate choices concerning their health 
and many other aspects of their lives because 
schools are the only organization in our 
society to which virtually all children and 
adolescents are consistently exposed for 
extended periods of time. Schools are vital 
and central community institutions.
As multidisciplinary entities, schools are the 
best places to integrate and to coordinate the 
efforts of teachers, families, mental health 
service providers, and administrators to foster 
the mental health of students. 
Accessible, affordable mental health services 
are most easily and consistently provided in the 
educational setting. Problems of transportation, 
accessibility, and stigma are minimized when 
such services are provided in schools.
• Accessing students and their families who 
need mental health services is facilitated by 
contact through and at schools 
• Addressing psychosocial and mental and 
physical health concerns is essential to the 
effective school performance of some 
students
• Universal prevention services provided to all 
students that seek to promote positive mental 
health and educational success 
• Targeted prevention and intervention services 
that seek to improve social-emotional skills and 
behaviors linked to positive mental health and 
educational success 
• Intensive intervention services that seek to help 
students effectively cope with social-emotional 
and behavioral issues that impact positive mental 
health and educational success
• providing time, experience, and resources 
• supporting student involvement in activities that 
foster health 
• ensuring that students and their families receive 
needed comprehensive health services 
• planning jointly to develop relevant and appropriate 
messages and services 
• delivering clear, consistent messages that support 
mental health, include high but attainable 
expectations, and offer appropriate role modeling 
• sharing facilities and encouraging participation by 
all relevant individuals and groups.
• Communicate a commitment to family involvement through 
supportive mission and policy statements. 
• Provide opportunities for family members to express concerns 
and share solutions. 
• Involve parents and other family members in planning, 
curriculum and policy development, and decision-making related 
to school mental health. 
• Reinforce understanding and trusting relationships with families. 
• Provide training to develop staff skills for encouraging 
collaboration with families. 
• Evaluate family involvement activities and adapt them if they 
are not effective. 
• Establish frequent, clear communications with families.
• Encourage children's healthy behaviors by praising appropriate 
behaviors and acting as positive role models for children. 
• Encourage children to adopt good eating and physical activity 
habits. 
• Cooperate with schools and others in the community to provide 
for children's physical and mental health services. 
• Learn about and reinforce the skills and messages in their 
children's mental health and physical education curricula and, if 
uncomfortable witha message, 
discuss concerns with the school.
• Learn more about the local schools’ mental 
health programs. 
• Advocate for school mental health programs by 
speaking at community forums, writing letters to 
the editors of local newspapers, lobbying school 
board members and administrators, and 
participating in relevant organizations. 
• Meet with school personnel to determine what 
support they can offer to advance the school's or 
district's mental health objectives.
• School-based and school-linked services can 
be designed to address students' mental 
health needs using a variety of service options 
ranging from prevention to intensive 
intervention. 
• The key to making mental health services 
effective is to ensure that they are 
comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible 
to students and families.
child mental health by mohd asif kanth

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child mental health by mohd asif kanth

  • 1. Watts app +919018533143 asifkanth89@gmail.com CHILD MENTAL HEALTH
  • 3. MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL HEALTH IS A STATE OF WELL BEING IN WHICH EVERY INDIVIDUAL REALIZES HIS OR HER OWN POTENTIALS CANE COPE WITH THE NORMAL STRESSES OF LIFE CAN WORK PRODUCTIVELY AND FRUITFULLY AND IS ABLE TO MAKE A CONRIBUTION TO HER OR HIS COMMUNITY GOOD MENTAL THERE IS NO HEALTH HEALTH WITHOUT IS VITAL MENTAL FOR HEALTH… LEARNING AND LIFE CHILDREN WHO ARE MENTALLY HEALTHY ARE BETTER AQUIPPED TO MEET LIFE’S CHALLENGES
  • 4. There Are A Myricid Of Factors That Can Impact A Child’s Mental Health Status, Both Positively And Negatively. It Is Important To Recognize And Treat Mental Illness In Children Early On . Once Mental Illness Develops, It Becomes A Regular Part Of Their Life
  • 5. All children face some mental health problems/issues, including:  Anxiety about school performance  Problems dealing with parents & teachers  Unhealthy peer pressure  Common developmental, adjustment problems  Fears about starting school  School phobia  Dealing with death or divorce  Feeling depressed or overwhelmed  Drug or alcohol use  Suicidal ideation  Worrying about sexuality  Facing tough decisions  Considering dropping out of school
  • 6. FACTORS EFFECTING MENTAL HEALTH  BROKEN HOMES  POVERTY  LACK OF DISCIPLINE  LACK OF LOVE,CARE AND AFFECTION  PARTIAL TREATMENT OF CHILD  CROWDED HOMES  FAVOURITISM OR PARTIAL TREATMENT OF TEACHER  LOCATION OF SCHOOLS  LACK OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN SCHOOLS  EMOTIONAL CLIMATE IN SCHOOL
  • 7. “Children are the messages we send to a time we will not see.” (Neil Postman)
  • 8. “...mental health is inexorably linked with general health, child care, and success in the classroom and inversely related to involvement in the juvenile justice system.” “A collaborative and coordinated effort is needed among schools, families, and communities to ensure that all children and adolescents achieve positive academic and behavioral outcomes.
  • 9. • Schools are the logical point of entry to increase the efficacy of mental health services to children and adolescents. • For nearly half of the children with serious emotional disturbances who receive mental health services at all, the school system has been the sole provider. • Schools are already the primary providers of mental health services for all children. • Offering services in the schools improves access to treatment.
  • 10. Mental health is directly linked to educational outcomes. Schools are the optimal place to develop psychological competence and to teach children about making informed and appropriate choices concerning their health and many other aspects of their lives because schools are the only organization in our society to which virtually all children and adolescents are consistently exposed for extended periods of time. Schools are vital and central community institutions.
  • 11. As multidisciplinary entities, schools are the best places to integrate and to coordinate the efforts of teachers, families, mental health service providers, and administrators to foster the mental health of students. Accessible, affordable mental health services are most easily and consistently provided in the educational setting. Problems of transportation, accessibility, and stigma are minimized when such services are provided in schools.
  • 12. • Accessing students and their families who need mental health services is facilitated by contact through and at schools • Addressing psychosocial and mental and physical health concerns is essential to the effective school performance of some students
  • 13. • Universal prevention services provided to all students that seek to promote positive mental health and educational success • Targeted prevention and intervention services that seek to improve social-emotional skills and behaviors linked to positive mental health and educational success • Intensive intervention services that seek to help students effectively cope with social-emotional and behavioral issues that impact positive mental health and educational success
  • 14. • providing time, experience, and resources • supporting student involvement in activities that foster health • ensuring that students and their families receive needed comprehensive health services • planning jointly to develop relevant and appropriate messages and services • delivering clear, consistent messages that support mental health, include high but attainable expectations, and offer appropriate role modeling • sharing facilities and encouraging participation by all relevant individuals and groups.
  • 15. • Communicate a commitment to family involvement through supportive mission and policy statements. • Provide opportunities for family members to express concerns and share solutions. • Involve parents and other family members in planning, curriculum and policy development, and decision-making related to school mental health. • Reinforce understanding and trusting relationships with families. • Provide training to develop staff skills for encouraging collaboration with families. • Evaluate family involvement activities and adapt them if they are not effective. • Establish frequent, clear communications with families.
  • 16. • Encourage children's healthy behaviors by praising appropriate behaviors and acting as positive role models for children. • Encourage children to adopt good eating and physical activity habits. • Cooperate with schools and others in the community to provide for children's physical and mental health services. • Learn about and reinforce the skills and messages in their children's mental health and physical education curricula and, if uncomfortable witha message, discuss concerns with the school.
  • 17. • Learn more about the local schools’ mental health programs. • Advocate for school mental health programs by speaking at community forums, writing letters to the editors of local newspapers, lobbying school board members and administrators, and participating in relevant organizations. • Meet with school personnel to determine what support they can offer to advance the school's or district's mental health objectives.
  • 18. • School-based and school-linked services can be designed to address students' mental health needs using a variety of service options ranging from prevention to intensive intervention. • The key to making mental health services effective is to ensure that they are comprehensive, coordinated, and accessible to students and families.