The book is unique in bringing together different perspectives, including historical, psychodynamic and unstable systems theory. It concludes with reflections on the harm that exclusion can do and puts forward new approaches to managing difficult behaviour in schools.
The chapters deal with:
- Exclusion – a historial perspective
- Exclusion – a psychodynamic perspective
- Exclusion – a perspective from chaos theory
- Exclusion – a perspective from critical race theory
- Exclusion – successful alternative provision practice
- Five case studies each told from the view of the family, the school, the unit and the child
- Exclusions – the damage done by school exclusion and recommendations for preventing it.
