Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Special Education - Behavioral, Emotional & Social Disabilities

The introduction of legislative structures for same-sex relationships provides a new lens for grappling with the politics of sexuality in schools and society. The emergence of civil partnership and same-sex marriage in Ireland brings to the fore international debates around public intimacy, religion in the public sphere, secularism and the politics of sexuality equality. Building on queer, feminist and affect theory in innovative ways, this book offers insight into the everyday negotiations of LGBT-Q teachers as they operate between and across the intersecting fields of education, religion...

I, Monster is a resource for all professionals in health and education who work with challenging young people. The book aims to explain the issues behind challenging behaviour, to enable empathy, and to facilitate a more productive therapeutic relationship between the health/education professional and the child.

It is divided into three parts:

• Part one suggests that our greatest foes lurk deep within ourselves, and that knowing our own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people (Jung, 1973).
• Part two focuses on the inner...

Accessing up-to-date information about general and specific learning difficulties is made easy, with this indispensable reference book. Covering difficulties that relate to children, adolescents and adults, it includes:

• crucial legislation to keep practitioners 'in the know'
• useful addresses, telephone numbers and websites

It also includes explanations of leaning difficulties including those less than well-known syndromes such as semantic pragmatic difficulties.

• A social skills assessment framework enables you to evaluate a young person's social skills and identify where to start work.
• The huge range of activities, group...

• Over 60 activities to develop social skills in body language, the way we talk, conversations and assertiveness.
• Over a years' worth of work on developing social skills.
• A short introduction to working with adolescents and adults with social skills...