Diagnosing 'Disorderly' Children: A critique of behaviour disorder discourses

by Valerie Harwood

Book Overview

Based on the author's in-depth research with children diagnosed with behavioural difficulties, this book provides a thorough critique of today's practices, examining:

the traditional analyses of behavioural disorders and the making of disorderly children the influence of the 'expert knowledge' on behavioural disorders and its influence on schools, communities and new generations of teachers the effect of discourses of mental disorder on children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415342872
• ISBN13: 9780415342872
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"