Learning and Behaviour Difficulties in School - D J Leach, E C Raybould

A substantial proportion of children with significant learning and adjustment difficulties have to be catered for within the normal school system. These children need special attention from teachers who are often anxious about how best to teach them. Increasingly educational practice is tending towards a child-centred approach.

Therefore there is an urgent need for guidance for teachers who feel inadequately prepared to cope with the range of problems which they face.

DJ Leach and E C Raybould bring together a mass of experimental evidence and practical experience relating to the education of children with special needs in the ordinary school. The book gives practical guidelines for the planning of effective and constructive teaching strategies for children who appear ‘troublesome, ‘slow’, or ‘puzzling’ in school. The authors believe firmly that the ordinary school has a vast potential for mobilizing resources and personal skills for the benefit of children with special needs.