FromThe Mental and Emotional State of School-Aged Students: The existence of parental divorce, anxiety-related conditions, knowledge of developmental conditions; and the frequency of sexual activity, substance abuse, student burnout and school-related polices, that are both abundant and absent, must be examined. This book is a preparatory and educational text for prospective teachers and current educators who are simply interested in increasing their efficacy and being more aware of the major variables that influence the mental and emotional state of school-aged studentsand what they as educators can do about it.

When school-aged students are of sound-mind they can produce exceptional accomplishments where the limits are endless. However, a decline in a students mental and emotional state can produce imaginable harm that does have a predictable ending. Chaos and unprofessionalism by those who claim to protect children and defend their best interestswill only exacerbate the decline of both the educational state and the mental and emotional state of school-aged students. Any failure to address the needs of todays K-12 youth will ultimately make ineffectiveness inescapable at every level of education.