Paul Cooper & Barbara Jacobs 
From Inclusion to Engagement [EPUB ebook] 
Helping Students Engage with Schooling through Policy and Practice

List of Figures and Tables vii
About the Authors ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction: From Inclusive Education to Educational Engagement – Putting Reality before Rhetoric and Finding the Elephant in the Living Room 1
2 SEBD: The Evolution of Intervention and Current Theory 29
3 The Teacher-Student Interface 63
4 Interventions for Enhancing Teachers’ Skills 79
5 Whole-school Approaches and Support Systems 99
6 Small-Scale On- and Off-Site Provision 127
7 Working with Parents 141
8 Multi-Agency Intervention 149
9 A Summary of the Research Evidence 163
10 Conclusions 189
Appendix I 197
Appendix II 199
References 201
Index 235

Paul Cooper is Professor of Education at the University of
Leicester and a Chartered Psychologist. He has lectured
internationally and is Editor of The International Journal of
Emotional Education. He has authored, co-authored, and edited
many books relating to children with special needs, and in 2001 was
joint winner of the TES/NASEN Book Award. Professor Cooper was also
the editor of the quarterly journal Emotional and Behavioural
Difficulties for 14 years.
Barbara Jacobs is a professional writer, lecturer,
broadcaster and researcher, who has recently completed a late-life
Ph D on autistic intelligence, at the School of Education,
University of Leicester.