Breaking the Cycle of Educational Alienation: A Multiprofessional Approach - Softcover

Williams, Richard; Pritchard, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335219179 ISBN 13: 9780335219179

Publisher: Open University Press, 2006

Synopsis

'Breaking The Cycle of Educational Alienation' shows how a family-teacher-community alliance can be effectively developed, with measured improvements, not only in child & family functioning, but also in school attendance & educational success.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Williams is a Senior Educational Social Worker of more than 25 years and is the Social Inclusion Co-ordinator for a large Comprehensive School in a disadvantaged catchment area and daily experiences the pressures and stresses of the front-line teacher. He is a front-line practitioner, with an interest in research on 'what works' as he shares with Professor Colin Pritchard, he co-author the belief that all professionals must ensure that are "part of the child's solution, not part of their problem". Colin is Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine, University of Southampton and Research Professor of Psychiatric Social Work, Institute of Health & Community Care, Bournemouth University. Throughout his academic career, he has always maintained a small mental health caseload, which compliments his wide ranging research, which whilst crossing disciplinary boundaries largely focuses upon children and families and the educational-psychiatric-child protection interfaces.

About this edition

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0335219179
• ISBN 13: 9780335219179
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176