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Author Cooper, Paul, 1955-

Title Nurture groups in school and at home : connecting with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties / Paul Cooper and Yonca Tiknaz ; foreword by Marion Bennathan
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations
Series Innovative learning for all
Innovative learning for all.
Contents Nurture groups -- A nurture group in action -- What school staff say about nurture groups -- Carers, children, and nurture groups -- Selection of students for nurture groups -- Do nurture groups work? : existing research on nurture groups -- Involving carers in nurture groups -- A model for analysing problem situations : SALAD -- What makes a successful nurture group? -- Key messages for the practitioner
Summary This book explores the ways in which pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties can be effectively engaged in schooling - either in school or at home. It explains the social and emotional underpinnings of learning and presents practical strategies for aiding engagement. Nurture groups, originally devised and implemented in the 1970s, are specially designed classes that cater for pupils having difficulties in adjusting to the requirements of mainstream classrooms. Paul Cooper and Yonca Tiknaz present evidence of the success of nurture groups from the perspectives of the ch
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154) and indexes
Notes English
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Subject Group work in education -- Great Britain
Children with social disabilities -- Education -- Great Britain
Schools.
EDUCATION -- Experimental Methods.
Children with social disabilities -- Education
Group work in education
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Tiknaz, Yonca, 1973-
ISBN 9781846426001
1846426006
1281105740
9781281105745
9786611105747
6611105743