How to Reach 'Hard to Reach' Children addresses core underlying difficulties affecting children and young people in the community and in schools, relating to underachievement, disengagement and school avoidance. It explores the consequences of school exclusion and the practices …
Many of the contributions to the book come from an educational psychology background and as such approach the topic from an educational perspective. The authors are committed to exploring, reflecting and changing their own practice to meet this new agenda for change and in doing…
This book brings together insights from a range of disciplines, including law, sociology, criminology and history, to identify and explain the complex and inter-related factors which help or hinder the state to 'invest' in children and young people.