Mental Wellbeing in Schools

Arif Mahmud is a Lecturer in Education Studies and a member of the Centre for Learning, Teaching and Human Development at the University of Roehampton. He researches on social, emotional, and mental health experiences of young people in national and international contexts with a focus of developing and evaluating intervention programmes. Liam Satchell is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Winchester and a member of the Childhood and Youth Psychology Research Group. He is an applied psychologist and methodologist with expertise in mental health and wellbeing, educational psychology, and applying research to everyday challenges.

Foreword 1. What Do Teachers Need to Know About Mental Wellbeing in Young People? 2. Black pupils, Mental Wellbeing, and Resilience 3. British Bangladeshi Pupils’ Mental Wellbeing in Schools 4. Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller Pupils and Mental Wellbeing 5. British Chinese Pupils’ Mental Wellbeing 6. Educating White Working-Class Boys: Addressing Masculinity, Wellbeing and Mental Health 7. Teenage Girls and Mental Health and Wellbeing Within and Beyond School Spaces 8. Including Pupils who Identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer (LGBTQ+) 9. Supporting pupils who identify as Trans* 10. Mental Wellbeing of Children Looked After (CLA) in schools 11. Pedagogies of Welcome: Simple Yet Profound Acts to Support Refugee Pupils’ Mental Wellbeing 12. Mental Wellbeing challenges of Muslim pupils in UK schools 13. Accommodating King Saul: Jewish Pupils and Mental Health 14. Children with Physical or Intellectual Impairments and Mental Wellbeing 15. Bereavement: Impact on Learner Identity, Mental Health and wellbeing 16. Conclusion: What Can We Do to Support the Mental Wellbeing of Pupils from Diverse Backgrounds?