This book helps educators first identify mental- or behavioral-health issues in children and then guides them on how to create nurturing, safe, and successful learning environments.

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To be respectful to this book, the design couldn't be sad or depressing. Watercolor was used to give a calm appearance. For the front and back covers, I used artwork from an amazing artist on Shutterstock, and I pieced together watercolor letters for the title. For the background I used an off-white paper texture so it would have a little more character.

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For the interior, I needed to keep printing costs low, so I incorporated a spot purple + black instead of 4-color process. To get the result I envisioned, I edited the channels of the purple and black in Photoshop, which created more of a 4-color look because it would allow the colors to "blend" when printed and give a wide range of light and dark values.