Breaking the Cycle of Educational Alienation

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1 Setting the scene

1 Social Exclusion

2 The cycle of educational alienation: the evidence

3 `Drink, drugs & sex': media perception verus objective reality

4 A school-based solution: reaching the 'disaffected'


5 Being part of the solution: the family context. Outcomes

6 Comparing the project and control schools

7 Teachers as consumers

Part 2 Meeting the needs

8 Maintaining/reaching disaffected pupils in mainstream schools

9 Special vulnerable groups: education and social inclusion


10 Attendance and truancy

11 All Our children

12 Practical development for mainstream schools

13 Interagency liaison

14 A vision for children

Bibliography: A Resource

Index