Excluded From School

<p><em>Excluded From School</em> exposes the reasons why despite many national and local initiatives large numbers of children continue to tax the education system to such a degree that they become permanently excluded from school.</p><p>Sue Rendall and Morag Stuart draw on their experience in psychology and education to demonstrate the need for a more thorough exploration of the underlying root causes of the problem. Based on a systemic framework their approach allows the inclusion of a vast range of possible contributory factors: within the child within the family within the school and within the complex interrelations between these three systems. By demonstrating the need for inter-discipline and inter-agency collaboration the authors succeed in presenting a persuasive challenge to the blame culture which exists between schools parents and educational professionals and policymakers in relation to school exclusion.</p><p>The original research presented here along with the inclusion of the experiences of children parents and teachers provides a valuable new perspective on the problem of school exclusions that will be welcomed by all professionals working in this field.</p>