From Inclusion to Engagement: 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