Distills the most recent and relevant findings regarding behavior management, offering practical suggestions for using new techniques in the classroom. Defines and discusses learning, language and motor skills disorders. Addresses the concept of temperament and its impact on children's behavior and personality. Covers problems of anxiety, depression and shyness as well as more pervasive disorders including Tourette's Syndrome and autism. Features a detailed review of effective and ineffective management strategies in the classroom.

Relates current research findings to the practical context of home and school. Contains useful guidelines based on the premise that effective teaching must be rooted in understanding. Deals with the fundamental triad of impairments in autism-social development, language and communication, thought and behaviour. Analyzes the manner in which these difficulties manifest themselves in the development of the child. Emphasizes the roles played by emotion and cognition in autism and the ways they affect teaching and learning.

In this text, the emphasis is placed on the theoretical aspects of developmental dyspraxia, the latest research data and the neurological basis of the condition. The focus is to enable professionals to diagnose the disorder and determine the most appropriate and effective methods of intervention.

This teachers' pack is a comprehensive resource to help raise awareness of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. It provides activities, workshop details, discussion notes, games and lots of ideas to raise awareness of the UN Convention in general and of two key Articles in particular:

Article 12 - the right to express an opinion and to have that opinion taken into account in any matter or procedure affecting the child

Article 28 - the right to education on the basis of equality of opportunity.

The pack helps teachers to consider in detail the implications of these two articles - what they really mean in schools for children and young people. The pack also illustrates ways of incorporating the UN Convention into the National Curriculum, especially Drama, RE, English and History.

Alongside this emphasis on children's rights, the pack focuses on how young people and children can take greater responsibility than they do at present, and be enabled to develop the skills required to achieve the aims of the Convention. The activities help children to explore key issues such as assertiveness, empathy, consideration and power. The pack can be used either for an intensive 3 day course, or for regular lessons in a personal and social education programme.