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

From Inclusion to Engagement challenges the ideologically
driven academic discourse that has come to dominate inclusive
education by presenting research-based knowledge about what
actually works.

* Presents an innovative approach rooted in a biopsychosocial
theoretical perspective – an approach that is still
relatively misunderstood within the educational sphere

* Offers insights based on an extensive review of contemporary
international research in the field

* Avoids the biases of ideology in favour of science-based social
and educational outcomes

* The first comprehensive account of evidence-based interventions
for students with Social, Emotional and Behavioural
Difficulties

Tabella dei contenuti

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

Circa l’autore

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.