This publication provides a foundation for conceptualizing occupational therapy's role in promoting mental health when working with children and youth in schools and community settings. Chapters emphasize helping children develop and maintain positive mental health, which is reflected in the presence of positive affect and psychological and social functioning, productive activities, and resilience in the face of adversity.

Occupational therapists may need assistance in expanding services to include promotion and prevention activities, in addition to intervention with mental health disorders. To that end, this book has the following objectives:

• Delineate how occupational therapists working with children and youth can contribute to mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention in school and community settings;
• Delineate occupational therapy services related to mental health within a public health framework at the universal, targeted, and individual levels;
• Recognize current approaches within and outside the profession relevant to promotion, prevention, and intervention for meeting the needs of children and youth with and without disabilities or mental illness; and
• Identify practical information for promotion, prevention, and intervention in everyday occupational therapy practice with children and youth.

This book is also available as a Self-Paced Clinical Course. Click here for information on buying the CE test if you already own the book; to purchase the bundled book and CE test (SPCC), click here.