Resources for Effective Health and Well-Being Practices in the Middle Grades (Handbook of Resources in Middle Level Education)

Educators and researchers confirm that young adolescents’ health and well-being directly impacts their academic progress. Yet, those with a vested interest in educating young adolescent learners have few explicit resources to guide them through the implementation of programs or practices that support the health and well-being of young adolescent learners, their teachers, or school.

Resources for Effective Health and Well-Being Practices in the Middle Grades provides school leaders, teachers, academics, and teacher candidates with evidence-based examples of the successful implementation of health and well-being programs or practices―ones that focus explicitly on the needs of young adolescent learners and/or their teachers or school leaders. Specifically, this book provides a collection of examples from the field that describe ‘how’ to implement a range of individual, class, whole school, or teacher focused programs.

Katherine Main is an Associate Professor and program leader in the School of Education and Professional Studies, Griffith University, Australia.

Susan Whatman is an Associate Professor, and the Program Advisor for the Health and Physical Education (HPE) major in initial teacher education, at Griffith University, Australia.