Educating Difficult Adolescents: Effective Education for Children in Public Care or with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

by Cherilyn Dance, David Berridge, Jennifer Beecham, et al.

Educational achievements for children in care are significantly poorer than for the general school population. This book explores why this is and how to enable children in care to succeed in the classroom.

It evaluates the educational experience and performance of a sample of 'difficult' adolescents living in foster families, residential children's homes and residential special schools for pupils with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843106817
• ISBN13: 9781843106814
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"