Meeting the needs of disaffected students [[electronic resource] ] : engaging students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties / / Dave Vizard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785210903321
• Autore: Vizard Dave
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Network Continuum, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-87716-X; 9786612877162; 1-85539-437-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (133 p.)
• Collana: Meeting the needs series
• Disciplina: 371.93
• Soggetti: Children with social disabilities - Education - Great Britain; Motivation in education - Great Britain; At-risk youth - Behavior modification - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-118) and index.; Includes Web resources.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Causes of disaffection; 2 Using emotional literacy and impact techniques to raise self-esteem and resilience; 3 Using Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to successfully manage disaffected students; 4 Syndromes and conditions; 5 Motivating students to learn through building good relationships and creating positive learning environments; 6 Personalizing learning through developing individual learner profiles; 7 Focus on fun: Making lessons enjoyable and entertaining; 8 Making effective use of starter activities, brain breaks and cooperative learning strategies9 Helping students to self-manage their behaviour; 10 Managing disruptive, defiant and confrontational behaviour in individuals and groups; 11 Developing a consistent approach to meet the needs of disaffected students; Appendix; Useful websites; Bibliography and further reading; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Through the use of a variety of approaches and techniques, including emotional literacy, NLP and learning styles, this resource gives practical examples of how to engage disaffected students and ensure they have ; a successful learning experience. The book outlines the causes of disaffection generally and looks at a range of syndromes and conditions that may give rise to disaffection, offering support strategies that will encourage the engagement of such students. The book also outlines approaches for helping students to self-manage their behaviour and learning.