Dealing with Disaffection

A practical manual for those in the school and welfare services concerned with pupil disruption, truancy and disaffection with school. Designed to allow pupils to express their problem in a constructive and personal way, the materials can be used directly with young people and have been field tested and refined in schools. Printed on A4 format for ease of photocopying and circulation, the material is designed to form the basis of a cost-effective training day or series of staff development sessions. It provides training materials, exercises, worksheets, information and proven techniques to help the reader: understand more clearly how to exercise authority and control and how to resolve disputes; develop a pupil-centred approach which allows pupils to assess, explore and plan their own response to school issues; gain techniques to ensure that fewer pupils become disaffected; implement strategies for monitoring and feeding back the impact of the school's procedures.