Description
| Product ID: | 9781849204194 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Nurture Groups in Schools |
| Subtitle: | Principles and Practice |
| Authors: | Author: Marjorie Boxall, Sylvia Lucas |
| Page Count: | 256 |
| Subjects: | Primary and middle schools, Primary & middle schools, Teaching of students with social, emotional or behavioural difficulties, Teaching of students with emotional & behavioural difficulties |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating In this expanded and updated second edition, Lucas provides readers with an accessible and motivating exploration of the theory and practice of nurture groups. Unique in its field, the second edition of this respected book continues to underpin teaching in a positive, structured, and proactive manner. Sylvia Lucas revises and expands on the original work of Marjorie Boxall. It includes: - A new chapter on nurture groups and pedagogy, child development theories and brain research. - Updated examples such as the Every Child Matters agenda, an inclusive curriculum and schools'' responses, ''and a practitioner''s physical contact with the child - A Case study from an international Nurture Group Written in an accessible style this book will be useful to school managers, SENCOs, educational psychologists and teachers and therapists in specialist settings. Marjorie Boxall originated the concept of nurture groups and was a founding member of the Nurture Group Network. The NGN runs accredited courses at Cambridge University, Leicester University and London University. Sylvia Lucas is a founding member of the Nurture Group Network and now coordinates the work of the University CPD Group. She undertakes a range of consultancy in primary practice and school leadership both in the UK and abroad. |
| Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2010-05-30 |
