Difficult pupil behaviour can reflect and exacerbate stresses within a school, increasing the potential for conflicts among teachers, parents and support staff. The need to acknowledge and overcome this in practice is fully recognised and is a central challenge addressed by this book.
Challenging Behaviour in Schools describes effective practical approaches that have been developed by schools and support services. It contains chapters on behaviour support in mainstream primary and secondary schools, the organisation of support services and also looks at the ways parents and...

This edited collection of concise chapters aims to provide advice and guidance on how to manage challenging behaviour to professionals who work with pupils with special educational needs. Many chapters are written by such professionals themselves and address common problems in a practical and accessible way. Contributors cover issues such as: policy at the beginning of the 21st century, including the government's Social Inclusion Initiative; history of pupil behaviour; personal issues faced by teachers of pupils with challenging behaviour; rational-emotive therapy; working with parents'...