Publisher's Synopsis
A practical manual for those in the school and welfare services concerned with pupil disruption, truancy and disaffection with school. Designed to allow pupils to express their problem in a constructive and personal way, the materials can be used directly with young people and have been field tested and refined in schools.;Printed on A4 format for ease of photocopying and circulation, the material is designed to form the basis of a cost-effective training day or series of staff development sessions.;It provides training materials, exercises, worksheets, information and proven techniques to help the reader: understand more clearly how to exercise authority and control and how to resolve disputes; develop a pupil-centred approach which allows pupils to assess, explore and plan their own response to school issues; gain techniques to ensure that fewer pupils become disaffected; implement strategies for monitoring and feeding back the impact of the school's procedures.
