Learning support units (LSU) are an important piece in the jigsaw of educational and social inclusion. This book will help plan and run an effective LSU that is part of a whole school approach.

Learning support units (LSU) are an important piece in the jigsaw of educational and social inclusion. This book will help plan and run an effective LSU that is part of a whole school approach.

This book is designed to help; schools and LEAs meet their responsibilities under the new Social Inclusion: Pupil Support guidance; and teachers successfully include and reintegrate pupils with emotional and behavioral difficulties and challenging behaviors by offering a structured program that includes assessment, group work and post-intervention strategies.

This work is designed to help teachers successfully include and reintegrate pupils with emotional and behavioural difficulties and challenging behaviours by offering a structured programme that includes assessment, group work and post-intervention strategies. It also aims to assist schools and LEAs in meeting their responsibilities under the new "Social Inclusion: Pupil Support" guidance.;The system developed is a highly versatile and flexible approach for school searching for an alternative to exclusion. It offers a process that can be used: to inform IEPs and Code of Practice stages; and as part of a Pastoral Support Programme.;Teachers in mainstream schools, schools for pupils with behavioural difficulties, Pupil Referral Units or anyone involved in promoting inclusion and reintegration should find the material in the book useful.