PSHE delivery to promote mental health awareness and resilience, or can be read independently by children for enjoyment; the graphic format allows the thoughts, feelings and behaviours to be made explicit and accessible in a visual way, and will be attractive and accessible to children of different ages, abilities and needs; 'Let's talk about' sections accompany each of the stories. These will be designed to speak to the individual reader and encourage them to interact with the topic through questions and answers, activities etc. These sections can also be used as a teaching resource to prompt discussion and teaching about mental health and emotional well-being; and, offers opportunities for universal teaching as well as targeted intervention.

About the Author
Paul Nagel has worked as an educational psychologist for 17 years. This has included working as a Lead Professional Educational Psychologist managing a traded service, as well as holding Senior Specialist posts for early years and disability. Over the years Paula has worked in multi agency teams within paediatric services, youth offending teams, Sure Start and an anti bullying service. She is currently Principal Educational Psychologist (North) for the national children's mental health charity, Place2Be. Before qualifying as an Gary Bainbridge is an artist, comics creator and secondary school Art, Photography and Media Studies teacher from Durham. He's best known for the North East based kitchen sink superhero comic Sugar Glider and the Newcastle-set crime fiction comic, Nightbus. Gary teaches at an academy in Northumberland.


Book Information
ISBN 9781909301801
Author Paula Nagel
Page Count 256
Imprint Speechmark Publishing Ltd
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 408g