Teachers in mainstream schools are increasingly confronted with children with severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, for whose performance and effect on the rest of the class they are held accountable. Often exclusion seems to be the only option. This book shows that it is not. It provides a concise, clearly written guide to the major approaches which can be used to deal with emotional and behavioural difficulties - their possibilities and their pitfalls. It will be invaluable reading for special needs coordinators, individual teachers reflecting on the issue in their own classrooms and heads wishing to establish whole school approaches to the problem.

Paul Cooper is Lecturer in Education at the University of Oxford. Colin J.Smith is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Birmingham. Graham Upton is Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Education at the University of Birmingham.

INTRODUCTION: WHY THIS BOOK IS NECESSARY Part I Considering problems OVERVIEW 1 THE NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS 2 EDUCATIONAL RESPONSES TO EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES Part II Devising solutions OVERVIEW 3 THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS 4 BEHAVIOURAL APPROACHES 5 SEEING PROBLEMS IN CONTEXT 6 CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT Part III Solutions in practice OVERVIEW 7 THE VALUE OF THE SPECIAL SCHOOLOR UNIT 8 MAKING THE ORDINARY SCHOOL SPECIAL 9 TOWARDS SCHOOL EFFECTIVENESS