Nurture groups in school and at home : connecting with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties / Paul Cooper and Yonca Tiknaz ; foreword by Marion Bennathan.
Publication Info.
London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-154) and indexes.
Contents
Nurture groups -- A nurture group in action -- What school staff say about nurture groups -- Carers, children, and nurture groups -- Selection of students for nurture groups -- Do nurture groups work? : existing research on nurture groups -- Involving carers in nurture groups -- A model for analysing problem situations : SALAD -- What makes a successful nurture group? -- Key messages for the practitioner.
Note
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Summary
This book explores the ways in which pupils with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties can be effectively engaged in schooling and ndash; either in school or at home. It explains the social and emotional underpinnings of learning and presents practical strategies for aiding engagement. Nurture groups, originally devised and implemented in the 1970s, are specially designed classes that cater for pupils having difficulties in adjusting to the requirements of mainstream classrooms. Paul Cooper and Yonca Tiknaz present evidence of the success of nurture groups from the perspectives of the chapter.