Goodbye Behaviour Units, Hello Support Services: Home-School Support for Pupils with Behaviour Difficulties in Mainstream Schools

Abstract

This paper describes the development and structure of a general behaviour support service for schools. The service has evolved from a traditional off-site segregated unit and has, as its major aim, the maintenance of difficult pupils in ordinary schools, through a structured liaison between home and school. The factors which generate and perpetuate the use of behavioural units are considered and the alternative of integrated support within the ordinary school and community is described. The early evidence on the outcomes of this approach is given and the role of the educational psychologist in fostering this change of perspective is outlined. © 1988, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.