Promoting Emotional Education: Engaging Children and Young People With Social, Emotional, and Behavioural Difficulties (The 'innovative Learning for All')

Unlike IQ, emotional competence can be nurtured and developed, and is a key factor in physical and mental health, social competence, academic achievement and other aspects in the personal and social development of children and young people. "Promoting Emotional Education" connects with the contemporary shift from an exclusively academic focus towards a more balanced and broader approach to education, with an emphasis on both academic and emotional literacy. The book suggests adopting educational practices which encourage feelings of emotional security, promote trusting and supportive relationships and reflect students' views and feelings; essential qualities for healthy personal and social development in children and young people. The contributors emphasise evidence-based practice, proposing various student-centred and emotion-focused approaches and strategies which have proven to be effective in improving the social and academic behaviour of children and young people with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. These include student voice approaches, peer-mediated support strategies, personal and social education, nurture groups and aggression replacement training amongst others. An illuminating read, this book will be of interest to school staff and professionals, psychologists, social workers, health workers, researchers and practitioners and anyone interested in developing innovative approaches to the promotion of emotional education among children and young people. The "Innovative Learning for All" series features accessible books that reveal how schools and educators can meet the needs of vulnerable students, encouraging them to engage in learning and to feel confident in the classroom. Grounded in the latest innovative practice and research, these books offer positive guidance on improving the educational standards for all children by ensuring the most vulnerable are supported. Emotional Education: Connecting With Students' Thoughts And Emotions / Carmel Cefai And Paul Cooper -- Researching The Perspectives Of Young People With Sebd About Educational Provision / Frances Toynbee -- The Narratives Of Secondary School Students With Sebd On Their Schooling / Carmel Cefai And Paul Cooper -- The Perspectives Of Ex Students On Their Experiences At A School For Sebd / Damian Spiteri -- The Perspectives Of Students On Personal And Social Development In Schools / Mark G. Borg And Andrew Scott Triganza -- Peer Support Challenges School Bullying / Helen Cowie -- Class-wide Peer Tutoring And Students With Sebd / Anastasia Karagiannakis And Ingrid Sladeczek -- Sebd Students As Peer Helpers / Claire Beaumont -- Circle Time And Socio-emotional Competence In Children And Young People / Jenny Mosley -- Nurture Groups: An Evaluation Of The Evidence / Paul Cooper -- Nurture Groups: Early Relationships And Mental Health / Marion Bennathan -- Kangaroo Classes: An Adaptation Of Nurture Groups / Caroline Couture -- Aggression Replacement Training: Decreasing Behaviour Problems By Increasing Emotional Competence / Knut Gundersen And Frode Svartdal -- From The Needs Of Children To The Need For Children: Contemporary Values And Their Implications For The Social And Emotional Well Being Of Children / Paul Cooper And Carmel Cefai. Edited By Carmel Cefai And Paul Cooper ; Foreword By Paul Cooper. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Emotional education : connecting with students' thoughts and emotions / Carmel Cefai and Paul Cooper Researching the perspectives of young people with SEBD about educational provision / Frances Toynbee The narratives of secondary school students with SEBD on their schooling / Carmel Cefai and Paul Cooper The perspectives of ex students on their experiences at a school for SEBD / Damian Spiteri The perspectives of students on personal and social development in schools / Mark G. Borg and Andrew Scott Triganza Peer support challenges school bullying / Helen Cowie Class-wide peer tutoring and students with SEBD / Anastasia Karagiannakis and Ingrid Sladeczek SEBD students as peer helpers / Claire Beaumont Circle time and socio-emotional competence in children and young people / Jenny Mosley Nurture groups : an evaluation of the evidence / Paul Cooper Nurture groups : early relationships and mental health / Marion Bennathan Kangaroo groups : an adaptation of nurture groups / Caroline Couture Aggression replacement training : decreasing behaviour problems by increasing emotional competence / Knut Gundersen and Frode Svartdal From the needs of children to the need for children : contemporary values and their implications for the social and emotional well being of children / Paul Cooper and Carmel Cefai. "This book will be of interest to school staff and professionals, psychologists, social workers, health workers, researchers and practitioners and anyone interested in developing innovative approaches to the promotion of emotional education among children and young people."--Jacket