Working with Emotions: Responding to the Challenge of Difficult Pupil Behaviour in Schools

Description

This edited collection of concise chapters aims to provide advice and guidance on how to manage challenging behaviour to professionals who work with pupils with special educational needs. Many chapters are written by such professionals themselves and address common problems in a practical and accessible way. Contributors cover issues such as: policy at the beginning of the 21st century, including the government's "Social Inclusion Initiative"; history of pupil behaviour; personal issues faced by teachers of pupils with challenging behaviour; rational-emotive therapy; working with parents' emotions; working with pupils' emotions; the empathy building approach; motivational interviewing; providing peer support; collaboration between schools and support services; and national and local policies.

Peter Gray has an established track record in this field and his previous book for us sold well. He currently runs his own training and consultancy company

'The focus upon emotions is a timely idea...considering the continuing interest in behavioural difficulties.'-Julian Elliott, Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Sunderland