This book is designed to help you through one of the most important aspects of your pre-service teacher education: your school experience placements. Highly practical and accessible, it gives guidance on what happens before, during and after placement, and provide you with strategies on how to deal with the issues that you will encounter in school, including classroom management, lesson planning and catering for individual differences. Each chapter includes: * Relevant AITSL standards that are being addressed * Key terminology that you'll need to familiarise yourself with * Essential questions that encourage discussion of teaching practice * Frequently asked questions by pre-service teachers with potential responses * Placement scenarios that offer valuable learning opportunities The book is also supported by 30+ downloadable lesson plan and classroom-ready templates.

Helping beginning and experienced therapists cope with the myriad challenges of working in agencies, clinics, hospitals, and private practice, this book distills the leading theories and best practices in the field. The authors provide a clear approach to engaging diverse clients and building rapport; interweaving evidence-based techniques to meet therapeutic goals; and intervening effectively with individuals, families, groups, and larger systems. Practitioners will find tools for addressing the needs of their clients while caring for themselves and avoiding burnout; students will find a clear-headed framework for making use of the variety of approaches available in mental health practice.

This book is designed to help you through one of the most important aspects of your pre-service teacher education: your school experience placements. Highly practical and accessible, it gives guidance on what happens before, during and after placement, and provide you with strategies on how to deal with the issues that you will encounter in school, including classroom management, lesson planning and catering for individual differences. Each chapter includes: * Relevant AITSL standards that are being addressed * Key terminology that you'll need to familiarise yourself with * Essential questions that encourage discussion of teaching practice * Frequently asked questions by pre-service teachers with potential responses * Placement scenarios that offer valuable learning opportunities The book is also supported by 30+ downloadable lesson plan and classroom-ready templates.

Helping beginning and experienced therapists cope with the myriad challenges of working in agencies, clinics, hospitals, and private practice, this book distills the leading theories and best practices in the field. The authors provide a clear approach to engaging diverse clients and building rapport; interweaving evidence-based techniques to meet therapeutic goals; and intervening effectively with individuals, families, groups, and larger systems. Practitioners will find tools for addressing the needs of their clients while caring for themselves and avoiding burnout; students will find a clear-headed framework for making use of the variety of approaches available in mental health practice.