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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Isabelle BrodiePublisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Imprint: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.294kg ISBN: 9781853029431ISBN 10: 1853029432 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 15 April 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Explaining exclusion. 3. The research design. 4. The young people. 5. The inter-agency context. 6. Interactions between professionals and young people. 7. Exclusion: An alternative definition. 8. Exclusion: The social work response. 9. Conclusion. Notes. References. Index.ReviewsThis book offers an interesting and, from a policy perspective, a helpful addition to the growing literatures on exclusion and more generally on the education of children in care. -- Social Work Education For those professionals who are involved either in developing policy in this area or working on the front line with young people in care, this book is essential reading in order to break through some of the misconceptions held by professionals and offer solutions to this complex problem... She offers a very good analysis of the subject... This book is essential reading to break through some of the misconceptions held by professionals and offer solutions to this complex problem. -- Child Abuse Review 'For anyone interested in the education of childen looked after in residential care by local authorities, this is a book worth reading. It will also appeal to those who have an interestin the whole area of exclusion and, more broadly, children experiencing difficulties in school... Issues covered by Brodie are of clear relevance to all professionals working with young people in residential care. -- Young Minds Exclusion from school is not a one-off event, but part of a longer process of negative experiences. Isabelle Brodie considers the issues with particular reference to looked-after children. -- Church Times Children in public care are 10 times more vulnerable to exclusion than those living with thier families... This timely book offers a sociological and historical analysis of the problem, providing a frame for a detailed qualitative study of 17 boys in residential care who were excluded. All had suffered stressful experiences, including severe abuse, in their family lives and their fragmented care careers had led to many changes of school. The familiar themes of disrupted learning, ill-perepared placements and poor communication recur in their histories. Isabelle Brodie shows that exclusion is seldom and event but more often a complex process by which a consensus develops among a groups of professionals and carers that the child cannot be contained in mainstream school. well-meaning actions, such as withdrawing children from the classroom when they show signs of stress, maycontribute to the inevitable... This excellent book will be of interest to anyone who is concerned to improve educational opportunities for young people in care and is essential reading for designated teachers and educational psychologists. It offers a valuable insight into the systemic nature of a problem that is too often attributed to the emotional and behavioural difficulties of individual children. -- Community Care Children in public care are 10 times more vulnerable to exclusion than those living with thier families... This timely book offers a sociological and historical analysis of the problem, providing a frame for a detailed qualitative study of 17 boys in residential care who were excluded. All had suffered stressful experiences, including severe abuse, in their family lives and their fragmented care careers had led to many changes of school. The familiar themes of disrupted learning, ill-perepared placements and poor communication recur in their histories. Isabelle Brodie shows that exclusion is seldom and event but more often a complex process by which a consensus develops among a groups of professionals and carers that the child cannot be contained in mainstream school. well-meaning actions, such as withdrawing children from the classroom when they show signs of stress, maycontribute to the inevitable... This excellent book will be of interest to anyone who is concerned to improve educational opportunities for young people in care and is essential reading for designated teachers and educational psychologists. It offers a valuable insight into the systemic nature of a problem that is too often attributed to the emotional and behavioural difficulties of individual children. -- Community Care Exclusion from school is not a one-off event, but part of a longer process of negative experiences. Isabelle Brodie considers the issues with particular reference to looked-after children. -- Church Times For anyone interested in the education of childen looked after in residential care by local authorities, this is a book worth reading. It will also appeal to those who have an interestin the whole area of exclusion and, more broadly, children experiencing difficulties in school... Issues covered by Brodie are of clear relevance to all professionals working with young people in residential care. -- Young Minds For those professionals who are involved either in developing policy in this area or working on the front line with young people in care, this book is essential reading in order to break through some of the misconceptions held by professionals and offer solutions to this complex problem... She offers a very good analysis of the subject... This book is essential reading to break through some of the misconceptions held by professionals and offer solutions to this complex problem. -- Child Abuse Review This book offers an interesting and, from a policy perspective, a helpful addition to the growing literatures on exclusion and more generally on the education of children in care. -- Social Work Education Author InformationIsabelle Brodie is a Research Fellow at the University of Luton. She is co-author, with David Berridge, of Children's Homes Revisited (1998) published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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